Born: December 21, 1768, Birmingham, England.
Died: October 10, 1844.
Buried: Originally in his church (St. Stephen’s, Coleman Street), probably later moved to Brookwood Cemetery (London Necropolis), London, England.
Josiah was the second son of Birmingham manufacturer Josiah Pratt, and husband of Elizabeth Jowett (married 1797).
He was educated at Barr House school, six miles from Birmingham. On June 28, 1789 he matriculated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford.
He graduated from Oxford BA and was ordained a deacon in 1792, becoming assistant curate to William Jesse, rector of Dowles, near Bewdley, Worcestershire.
In 1795, he received priest’s orders, and became assistant minister under Richard Cecil,at St. John’s Chapel, Bedford Row.
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