Monthly Repository
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The Monthly Repository was a British monthly Unitarian
periodical which ran between 1806 and 1838.
The Monthly Repository was established when Robert Aspland
bought William Vidler
's Universal Theological Magazine and changed the name to the Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature. Aspland edited the magazine until the end of 1826, when the paper was bought by the recently formed British and Foreign Unitarian Association
. A second series of the magazine, now the Monthly Repository and Review of General Literature, was begun in January 1827: the Unitarian Association's Book Department, under Thomas Rees
, took direct editorial control until William Johnson Fox
was appointed editor in 1828. In 1831 Fox cut the magazine's explicit ties with Unitarianism by buying the paper, which had been making a loss, from the Association. Fox continued as editor-proprietor until 1836, when the magazine was briefly owned and edited by first Richard Henry Horne
(1836-7) and then Leigh Hunt
(1837-8). Its price seems to have varied between 1s and 1s 6d.
Contributors included John Bowring
, Lant Carpenter
, George Dyer, Benjamin Flower
, William Frend
, Jeremiah Joyce
, John Kentish
, Harriet Martineau
, J.S. Mill, Joseph Nightingale
, John Towill Rutt
, Emily Taylor
, Eliza Flower
and Sarah Fuller Flower Adams
.
Unitarianism
Unitarianism is a Christian theological movement, named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially as one in being....
periodical which ran between 1806 and 1838.
The Monthly Repository was established when Robert Aspland
Robert Aspland
Robert Aspland was an English Unitarian minister, editor and activist. To be distinguished from his son Robert Brook Aspland .-Life:...
bought William Vidler
William Vidler
William Vidler was an English nonconformist minister and editor, ultimately of universalist views.-Life:The tenth child of John and Elizabeth Vidler, he was born at Battle, Sussex, on 4 May 1758. As a boy he was kept from school by poor health, and was apprenticed to his father, a bricklayer...
's Universal Theological Magazine and changed the name to the Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature. Aspland edited the magazine until the end of 1826, when the paper was bought by the recently formed British and Foreign Unitarian Association
British and Foreign Unitarian Association
The British and Foreign Unitarian Association was the major Unitarian body in Britain from 1825. The BFUA was founded as an amalgamation of three older societies: the Unitarian Book Society for literature , The Unitarian Fund for mission work , and the Unitarian Association for civil rights...
. A second series of the magazine, now the Monthly Repository and Review of General Literature, was begun in January 1827: the Unitarian Association's Book Department, under Thomas Rees
Thomas Rees (Unitarian minister)
Thomas Rees , Welsh Nonconformist divine, was a Unitarian minister and scholar.Rees was educated at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, and entered the Unitarian ministry in 1807 at the Newington Green Unitarian Church, London. He went to Southwark in 1813, earned the degree of LL.D...
, took direct editorial control until William Johnson Fox
William Johnson Fox
William Johnson Fox was an English religious and political orator.-Life:He was born near Southwold, Suffolk. He trained for the Independent ministry, at the dissenting academy known as Homerton College...
was appointed editor in 1828. In 1831 Fox cut the magazine's explicit ties with Unitarianism by buying the paper, which had been making a loss, from the Association. Fox continued as editor-proprietor until 1836, when the magazine was briefly owned and edited by first Richard Henry Horne
Richard Henry Horne
Richard Hengist Horne was and English poet and critic most famous for his poem Orion.-Early life:...
(1836-7) and then Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt
James Henry Leigh Hunt , best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet and writer.-Early life:Leigh Hunt was born at Southgate, London, where his parents had settled after leaving the USA...
(1837-8). Its price seems to have varied between 1s and 1s 6d.
Contributors included John Bowring
John Bowring
Sir John Bowring, KCB was an English political economist, traveller, miscellaneous writer, polyglot, and the 4th Governor of Hong Kong.- Early life :...
, Lant Carpenter
Lant Carpenter
Lant Carpenter, Dr. was an English educator and Unitarian minister.Lant Carpenter was born in Kidderminster, the third son of George Carpenter and his wife Mary ....
, George Dyer, Benjamin Flower
Benjamin Flower
Benjamin Flower was an English radical journalist and political writer, a vocal opponent of his country's involvement in the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars.-Life:...
, William Frend
William Frend
William Frend may refer to:*William Frend *William Hugh Clifford Frend*William Frend De Morgan, potter-See also:*William Benedict Friend, retired bishop*William Freind, Dean of Canterbury...
, Jeremiah Joyce
Jeremiah Joyce
-Life:He was born 24 February 1763 at Mildred's Court London. He became a glazier, but on the death of his father he used his inheritance to study for the Unitarian ministry, where he became proficient in mathematics and Latin...
, John Kentish
John Kentish
John William Kentish was an English operatic tenor born in Blackheath, Kent on 21 January 1910 and died in Chipping Norton, oxfordshire on 26 October 2006. Elder brother of the painter David Kentish-External links:*...
, Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist....
, J.S. Mill, Joseph Nightingale
Joseph Nightingale
Joseph Nightingale was a prolific English writer and preacher. He was particularly noted for his topographic writing and his interest in shorthand.-Life:...
, John Towill Rutt
John Towill Rutt
-Life:Born in London on 4 April 1760, was only son of George Rutt, at first a druggist in Friday Street, Cheapside, and afterwards a wholesale merchant in drugs in Upper Thames Street, who married Elizabeth Towill. In early boyhood he was placed for some time under the care of Joshua Toulmin at...
, Emily Taylor
Emily Taylor
Emily Taylor was an English author, poet and hymnwriter.-Life:...
, Eliza Flower
Eliza Flower
Eliza Flower was a British musician and composer. In addition to her own work, Flower became known for her friendships including those with William Johnson Fox, Robert Browning, John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor.-Biography:...
and Sarah Fuller Flower Adams
Sarah Fuller Flower Adams
Sarah Fuller Flower Adams was an English poet.-Biography:Sarah Fuller Flower was born at High Street, Old Harlow, Essex, younger daughter of Benjamin Flower, editor and the sister of composer Eliza Flower....
.