Joshua Toulmin
Joshua Toulmin | |
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1810 portrait of Joshua Toulmin | |
| Born | 30 April 1740 |
| Died | 23 July 1815 (aged 75) Birmingham, England |
| Alma mater | Brown University, Harvard University |
| Occupation | Dissenting Minister |
| Spouse | Jane Smith |
Joshua Toulmin (11 May [O.S. 30 April] 1740 – 23 July 1815) of Taunton, England was a noted theologian and a serial Dissenting minister of Presbyterian (1761–1764), Baptist (1765–1803), and then Unitarian (1804–1815) congregations. Toulmin's sympathy for both the American (1775–1783) and French (1787–1799) revolutions led the Englishman to be associated with the United States and gained the prolific historian the reputation of a religious radical.