Thomas Elford Poynting
1813/14–78
Unitarian minister. Son of a labourer; became a qualified schoolmaster at the age of 22. Master, Flowery Field School, Hyde, 1841. Attended Manchester New College; assistant minister, 1845; minister, 1846. Wrote on education, science, theology, and philosophy. Theological tutor, Unitarian Home Missionary Board, 1874–8.
Sources
BMD (Death index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/3969/10/13)
McLachlan 1915, pp. 57–8.
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
McLachlan, Herbert. 1915. The Unitarian Home Missionary College, 1854–1914. London: Sherratt and Hughes
