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3 unusual facts about William Clowes


Hugh Bourne

One notable achievement of this revival was the religious conversion of Burslem-born William Clowes (1780-1851), the other joint founder of Primitive Methodism.

This began the time of revival when some key Primitive Methodist leaders, most importantly William Clowes, were converted.

Hugh Bourne (1772–1852) along with William Clowes was the joint founder of Primitive Methodism, the largest offshoot of Wesleyan Methodism and, in the mid nineteenth century, an influential Protestant Christian movement in its own right.



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