Introduction

Biography

Thomas was the son of John Gis­borne and Anne Bate­man.

He was edu­cat­ed at St. John’s Col­lege, Ox­ford, where he was 5th Wrang­ler of the year (BA 1780, MA 1783). He served as per­pe­tu­al cur­ate of Bar­ton-un­der-Need­wood, Staf­ford­shire, and lat­er pre­ben­da­ry of Durh­am.

He was a mem­ber of the Clap­ham Sect, which fought for the abo­li­tion of the slave trade in Eng­land.

Works

• Principles of Mo­ral Phi­lo­so­phy, 1789
• Remarks Res­pect­ing the Abo­li­tion of the Slave Trade, 1792
• An In­qui­ry in­to the Du­ties of Men in the High­er Ranks of the Mid­dle Class­es, 1794
• Inquiry in­to the Du­ties of the Fe­male Sex, 1794
• Walks in a For­est, 1794
• Sermons
• Poems Sacr­ed and Mo­ral, 1798
• A Se­lect­ion of Psalms and Hymns for Pub­lic and Pri­vate Use, with Jo­na­than Stubbs (Ut­tox­eter, Eng­land: Ri­chards, 1805).
• Essays on Re­Col­lect­ion of Friends in a Fu­ture State, 1822