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VENN, HENRY (1725–1797)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1008 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VENN, See also:HENRY (1725–1797) , See also:English evangelical divine, was See also:born at See also:Barnes, See also:Surrey, and educated at See also:Cambridge. He took orders in 1747, and was elected See also:fellow of Queens' 'See also:College, Cambridge, in 1749. After holding. a curacy at' See also:Barton, See also:Cambridgeshire, he became See also:curate of St See also:Matthew, See also:Friday See also:Street, See also:London, and of See also:West See also:Horsley, Surrey, in 175o, and then of Clapham in 1754. In the preceding See also:year he was chaser lecturer of St Swithin's, Londofr See also:Stone. He was See also:vicar of See also:Huddersfield from 1754 to 1771, when he exchanged to the living of Yelling, See also:Huntingdonshire. Besides being "a See also:leader Of the evangelical revival, he was well known as the author of The See also:Corn pleat Duly of See also:Man (London, 1763), a See also:work in which he intended to supplement the teaching embodied in the See also:anonymous Whole See also:Duty of Man. His son, See also:John Venn (1759-1813), was one of the founders of the See also:Church Missionary Society, and his See also:grandson, Henry Venn (1796-1873), was honorary secretary of that society from 1841 to 1873.

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