Portrait of John Towers

John Towers

1747 – 1804

An influential 18th-century English dissenting minister and writer in London.

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After learning Hebrew and Greek on his own, Towers was ordained in 1769. His immense popularity led to the 1784 construction of the Barbican Meeting-House for his large congregation. He was also a noted political and religious author, writing texts against polygamy and Catholicism before his death.

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