William Winterbotham
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Rev. William Winterbotham (December 15, 1763 - March 31, 1829) was a British Baptist minister and a political prisoner. He wrote some books introducing general information about China and the United States.
[edit] Biography
Winterbotham was born in Little Minories, Aldgate, London in 1763. He is a son of John Winterbotham and Miss Hyett.[1]
Because he expressed too libral views in his sermons, Winterbotham was put into jail in Newgate Prison in 1793 [2] and released in 1797 [1].
When he was in prison, he wrote An Historical, Geographical and Philosophical View of the Chinese Empire (1795),[1] which provides general information about China, and An Historical, Geographical, Commericial, and Philosophical View of the American United States (4 vols, London, 1799) [3].
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c Susan J. Mills, "Winterbotham, William (1763–1829)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29771, accessed 28 January 2007).
- ^ "An Historical, Geographical, Commericial, and Philosophical View of the Americas" Bulletin of the Business Historical Society, Vol.1, No.7, (May - June, 1927), pp.6-7.
- ^ B.B. Ashcom, "A Note on George Washington and Lexicographers", American Speech, Vol.35, No.2, (May, 1960), pp.131-135, at p.134.
