The ''Christian Observer'' was a London evangelical periodical, serving a readership in the Church of England. It appeared from 1802 to 1874.

History

The ''Christian Observer'' was founded by William Hey "in response to the dissenters' '' Leeds Mercury''."Margaret DeLacy
‘Hey, William (1736–1819)’
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 16 September 2007 It was published by the bookseller John Hatchard. Various members of the Clapham Sect were associated with the paper from the outset. Josiah Pratt, who had called for such an evangelical periodical in a 1799 meeting of the Eclectic Society, served as editor for the first number in January 1802. Pratt was succeeded after six weeks by Zachary Macaulay, who edited the periodical until 1816. Later editors were Samuel Charles Wilks (from 1816 to 1849), William Goode (from 1847 to 1849),

John William Cunningham John William Cunningham (1780–1861) was an evangelical clergyman of the Church of England. He was known also as a writer and an editor. Life Cunningham was born in London on 3 January 1780. He was educated at private schools, his last tutor bei ...

(from 1850 to 1858), and

John Buxton Marsden John Buxton Marsden (1803 – 16 June 1870) was an English cleric, known as a historical writer and editor. Life Marsden was born at Liverpool. He was admitted sizar of St John's College, Cambridge, on 10 April 1823; and graduated B.A. in 1827, ...

(from 1859 to 1869). Contributors included Thomas Babington, the clergyman and theological writer

Charles Smith Bird Charles Smith Bird (1795–1862) was an English academic, cleric and tutor, known as a theological author and writer of devotional verse, and described as a High Church Evangelical. He was the author of several significant books against Tractaria ...

(1795–1862), the lay theological writer

John Bowdler John Bowdler (1746–1823) was a campaigner for moral reform in Britain and a founder of the Church Building Society. His brother and sister were the editors of the expurgated ''Family Shakspeare''. Early life He was born at Bath, Somerset on 18 ...

(1783–1815), the writer on prophecy William Cuninghame of Lainshaw (c. 1775-1849), the clergyman

William Dealtry William Dealtry (1775–1847) was an English clergyman of evangelical views, who became archdeacon of Surrey and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Life He was the younger son of an old Yorkshire family, from whom he inherited at his father's death a ...

(1775–1847), the clergyman and biblical scholar George Smith Drew (1819–1880), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth, Henry Thornton,

Henry Tuke Henry Tuke (24 March 1755 – 11 August 1814) co-founded with his father, William Tuke, the Retreat asylum in York, England, a humane alternative to the nineteenth-century network of asyla, based on Quaker principles.Burial: "England & Wale ...

, John Venn (1759–1813), and Daniel Wilson.

References

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