Thomas Charles

Thomas Charles (born Oct. 14, 1755, Pantdwin, near St. Clears, Carmarthenshire, Wales—died Oct. 5, 1814, Bala, Merionethshire) was a Welsh religious leader, a founder of Calvinistic Methodism in Wales and an inspirer of missionary activities. Educated at the dissenting academy in Carmarthen and at Jesus College, Oxford, after holding curacies in Somerset, he settled in 1783 in the neighbourhood of Bala, his wife’s home. He failed to find a living in the established Anglican church,...