Miles Atkinson
Miles Atkinson (1741–1811) was an English cleric. He was one of the mid-century evangelicals in Yorkshire.[1]
Life[edit]
He was the second son of the Rev. Christopher Atkinson, rector of Thorp Arch, Yorkshire. He was born at Ledsham 28 September 1741, and educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge (B.A. 1763).[2] He became curate of the parish church of Leeds; head-master of the school of Drighlington, near Leeds (1764–70); lecturer of the parish church of Leeds, 1769; vicar of Kippax, near Leeds, 1783 and minister of St. Paul's Church, Leeds, 1793, which he founded at a cost of nearly £10,000.[3] He was responsible for construction of St. Paul's vicarage in 1790.[4]
Atkinson died on 6 February 1811.[3]
Works[edit]
Atkinson published several pulpit discourses, and a collection of his Practical Sermons was published at London in two volumes, 1812.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Judith Jago (1997). Aspects of the Georgian Church: Visitation Studies of the Diocese of York, 1761-1776. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-8386-3692-3.
- ^ "Atkinson, Miles (ATKN758M)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Historic England. "Vicarage Chambers and attached railings (1375441)". National Heritage List for England. accessed 3 May 2022
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Atkinson, Miles". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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