| <p> a Socinian divine of note, was born at Bedford, England, April 15, 1750. In 1778 he was settled as pastor of a dissenting congregation at Worcester, from which, however, he removed in 1781 to take charge of the Daventry Academy. Here his sentiments underwent a change so far that, in 1789, he avowed himself a Unitarian of the school of Priestley. He resigned his station, and immediately took charge of [[Hackney]] College, a Unitarian institution, which in a few years sunk for want of funds. In 1805 he became minister of [[Essex]] [[Street]] Chapel, London, where he remained during the rest of his life. He died at Hampstead, Nov. 11, 1829. After Dr. Priestley he was regarded as the leader of [[Unitarianism]] in England. The "Unitarian [[Society]] for promoting [[Christian]] Knowledge" was founded at his suggestion. He aided largely in preparing the Improved Version of the N.T. (Unitarian; Lond. 1808, 8vo). His principal writings are, A Calm Inquiry into the [[Scripture]] [[Doctrine]] concerning the [[Person]] of Christ, etc. (Lond. 1811, 8vo): — Evidences of Christianity: — [[Epistles]] of Paul translated, with [[Exposition]] and Notes (Lond. 1822, 2 vols. 4to); Discourses Doctrinal and Practical; Review of American Unitarianism (1815, 8vo): [[Letters]] to the [[Bishop]] of London in Vindication of the [[Unitarians]] (1815, 8vo). His Life and Letters, by J. Williams, was published in 1833 (Lond. 8vo). — Darling, Cyclop. Bibliographica, 1, 238; Allibone, Dictionary of Authors, 1, 163; Christian Examiner, 15, 69; Bennett, Hist. of Dissenters (Lond. 1839, 8vo). </p> | | The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68948" /> |
| <ref name="term_24247"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/belsham,+thomas Thomas Belsham from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | | <ref name="term_68948"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/belsham,+thomas Thomas Belsham from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> |
