Reverend Thomas Raffles | |
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Born | Spitalfields, Middlesex, England | May 17, 1788
Died | August 18, 1863 Liverpool, Lancashire | (aged 75)
Nationality | English |
Alma mater | Independent College, Homerton |
Occupation | Congregational minister |
Known for | Founder of Lancashire Independent College |
Spouse | Mary Catherine Hargreaves |
Relatives | Stamford Raffles |
Religion | Congregationalism |
Ordained | 22 June 1809 |
Thomas Raffles (17 May 1788–18 August 1863) was an English Congregational minister, known as a dominant nonconformist figure at the Great George Street Congregational Church in Liverpool, and as an abolitionist and historian.