Isaac Mann

Isaac Mann (1785-1831) was born at Bridlington, Yorkshire, Mann was the first student trained at Horton Academy, Bradford. He was ordained at Halifax in 1809. After two years, he resigned and removed to the Baptist meeting at Burslem, Staffordshire. After that he pastored at Shipley, not far from Bradford. He returned to Horton as classical tutor in 1816, becoming joint secretary of the Northern Education Society in 1822. In 1826 he accepted the call of the congregation at Maze Pond, Southwark, where he remained as pastor until his death in 1831.  A significant collection of his letters resides at the National Library of Wales. See “Calendar of Letters, 1742–1831,” Baptist Quarterly 6 (1932–1933): 138-140, 173-186, 218-226, 277-283, 319-322, 373-379; 7 (1934–1935): 39-46.