Introduction

Biography

Tarrant was the on­ly son of a sol­dier who died in the Cri­me­an War.

From 1867–74, he was ap­pren­ticed to a sil­ver­smith in Birm­ing­ham, and be­came an ex­pert me­tal work­er.

There he was in­flu­enced by George Daw­son, a Uni­ta­ri­an pas­tor of the Church of Christ, and de­cid­ed to en­ter the Uni­ta­ri­an min­is­try. He gra­du­at­ed from Lon­don Uni­ver­si­ty in 1883 and served as pas­tor of the Wands­worth Uni­ta­ri­an Church (1883–1920).

He al­so edited The Inquirer (1887–89 & 1918–27). His oth­er works in­clude:

• Essex Hall Hym­nal, 1890
• The Sto­ry and the Sig­ni­ficance of the Uni­ta­ri­an Move­ment, 1910
• Songs of the De­vout, 1912