Thomas Haweis

Thomas Haweis (1734-1820) was originally from Redruth, Cornwall. He was an Anglican evangelical, serving as rector at All Saints, Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, chaplain to Selina, Countess of Huntingdon (1774), and as joint founder, along with John Eyre and David Bogue, of the London Missionary Society (1795). He was widely known for his commentary, The Evangelical Expositor (2 vols; 1765-1766), and his Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek (1795).