William Jowett

William Jowett
Born1787
Died20 February 1855
EducationSt John's College, Cambridge
SpouseMartha Whiting
ChurchChurch of England
WritingsChristian Researches in the Mediterranean
TitleSecretary of the Church Missionary Society

William Jowett (1787 – 20 February 1855) was a missionary and author, in 1813 becoming the first Anglican cleric to volunteer for the overseas service of the Church Missionary Society. A leader of the Evangelicals at Cambridge, he worked in Malta, Ottoman Syria, and Ottoman Palestine, and in later life was clerical secretary of the Society and a parish priest in Clapham, South London.