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Joseph Sortain (1809–1860) was a British nonconformist minister, an evangelical Independent, philosophy tutor at Cheshunt College, and biographer of Francis Bacon. A reputed preacher of his time, he was called "the Dickens of the pulpit" by John Ross Dix. ==Life== He was born in Clifton, Bristol; his father was a baker of Huguenot descent.〔(''Proceedings of the Huguenot Society Vol XVI Issue_41940-1 (PDF) ) at p. 427〕 His parents were in the congregation of James Sherman.〔(http://dissacad.english.qmul.ac.uk ''Sortain, Joseph (c.1809-c.1860)''. )〕 This chapel was in the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion derived from the Calvinistic Methodists. In 1823 the congregation came under William Lucy, and shortly migrated to the Lodge Street Chapel. Sortain attended the Bristol Baptist Academy when still young (around 1824); at this period he won an essay prize, in a competition for which Lucy was his sponsor, on the topic ''Christ's Mission''.〔 Reading Micaiah Towgood dissuaded him from going to the University of Cambridge. He then studied at Cheshunt College, and Trinity College, Dublin. He returned to Cheshunt College as a tutor, from 1838 to 1850. Under the initial arrangement he taught mathematics, logic, and belles lettres, for two periods of six weeks in a year.〔W. J. Mander, Alan P. F. Sell, Gavin Budge (editors), ''The Dictionary of Nineteenth-century British Philosophers'', Volume 2 (2002), p. 1045.〕 From 1832 Sortain was the Countess of Huntingdon's preacher at her North Street Chapel in Brighton, where he was admired as an orator, and noted for not exceeding 30 minutes. He held to the dissenting position of his family, though he was known not to differ much from Anglican theological positions. Henry Crabb Robinson appreciated Sortain as a preacher, while thinking Frederick William Robertson ("Robertson of Brighton") would rival him. Sortain died on 16 July 1860. His funeral sermon was given by his friend Richard Alliott at the North Street Chapel.〔 His reputation lapsed, and he could be called a "forgotten Bristol celebrity" by 1907.〔Stanley Peerman Hutton, ''Bristol and its Famous Associations'' (1907), p. 165; (archive.org. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Sortain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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