1. Lant Carpenter was an English educator and Unitarian minister.
12 Facts About Lant Carpenter
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Lant Carpenter was born in Kidderminster, the third son of George Carpenter and his wife Mary.
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Lant Carpenter's parents separated after his father's business failed, and Nicholas Pearsall, his mother's guardian and a Unitarian, saw to his education.
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In 1805 Lant Carpenter became pastor of a chapel in Exeter.
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Lant Carpenter moved to Bristol in 1817, to take up a post as minister at the Unitarian chapel in Lewin's Mead.
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Lant Carpenter did much to broaden the spirit of English Unitarianism.
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Lant Carpenter believed in the essential lawfulness of the creation.
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Lant Carpenter's health broke down in 1839 and he was ordered to travel.
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Lant Carpenter drowned on 5 or 6 April 1840, having been washed overboard from the steamer in which he was travelling from Livorno to Marseille.
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Lant Carpenter's body washed ashore about two months later near the Porto d'Anzio and was buried on the beach.
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In 1820, Lant Carpenter authored An Examination of the Charges Made Against Unitarians and Unitarianism.
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Lant Carpenter married Anna or Hannah Penn, daughter of John Penn and Mary, in 1806 in Worcester.