Taylor, Rev. John (1694–1761)

Long-time pastor of a Presbyterian congregation in Norwich, Taylor assumed the role of tutor at Warrington Academy in late 1757. He was a prominent voice among the 'rational dissenters', and JW's most extended apologetic treatise was a response to Taylor's Scripture-Doctrine of Original Sin (1740). For more details on Taylor and this work, see the editorial introduction to JW's Doctrine of Original Sin, Works, 12:117–54. See ODNB.