Encyclopedias: Spartacus Educational: Reform of Parliament: Richard Price

Description: Abstract: Born in Tynton, Glamorgan in 1723, the son of a Congregational minister, rejected his father's religious opinions and instead was attracted to the views of more liberal theologians. After attending a Dissenting Academy in London and he became a chaplain in Stoke Newington. In 1758 he wrote the influential Review of the Principal Questions of Morals and several other books followed. He was attracted to the ideas of Jeremy Bentham and accepted many aspects unitarianism, but was unwilling to question the divinity of Christ. He died in 1791 and his funeral sermon was preached by Joseph Priestly.