Rev. Rowland Hill

Rev. Rowland Hill (1744-1833), a popular but eccentric British preacher, born in Hawkeston, the son of a baronet, came under the influence of Whitfield and the Methodist movement, and while yet an undergraduate became an itinerant preacher. He took orders in 1774, but continued his open-air preaching till 1783, when he established himself in London, starting an unlicensed place of worship, although still remaining a communicant of the Church of England. He originated the first Sunday School in London, and was the author of several religious works, including a volume of hymns.

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