Stanley Gower

Stanley Gower (possibly baptised 29 March 1600, died 1660) was a puritan minister in the Church of England. Notably he was one of the Westminster Divines.

In 1613 Gower became a pupil of the notable puritan minister Richard Rothwell who later on prepared Gower for university. In 1621 Gower went up to Trinity College, Dublin, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1625.[1] In 1630 he was appointed the curate of Attercliffe, remaining there until 1635. After a period in Hertfordshire, Gower went to London in 1643[2] where he took part in the Westminster Assembly until 1649.

His son Humphrey Gower was born in 1638.

Notes

  1. Eales, Jacqueline (January 2008). "Gower, Stanley". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  2. Vine, George Robert (1932). The story of old Attercliffe. Ward Bros. p. 247.

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