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Howell Harris (Welsh: Howel Harris; 23 January 1714 – 21 July 1773) was a Calvinistic Methodist evangelist. He was one of the main leaders of the Welsh Methodist revival in the 18th century, along with Daniel Rowland and William Williams Pantycelyn .
Dec 12, 2014 · Harris was born at Trefeca, a small village near Brecon in southeast Wales. While working as a schoolmaster for Griffith Jones, Harris experienced a profound evangelical conversion. That experience, during Easter 1735, was soon eclipsed by what he called his “baptism of fire.”
Name: Howell Harris Date of birth: 1714 Date of death: 1773 Spouse: Ann Harris (née Williams) Child: Elizabeth Prichard (née Harris) Child: Ann Harris Parent: Susanna Harris (née Powell) Parent: Howell Harris Gender: Male Occupation: religious reformer Area of activity: Religion Author: Gomer Morgan Roberts
Howell Harris (1714-1775) Revivalist. At the time of Howel Harris Wales was still relatively isolated from England. Despite unification under Henry VIII, the Welsh still preserved distinct cultural and historical traditions.
A founder of Welsh Calvinistic methodism. Born at Trefecca, Talgarth, near Brecon, and educated locally, Harris hoped for Anglican ordination, but started teaching (1730). Following a conversion experience, he began studies at Oxford (1735) but soon returned home.
Howell Harris . Griffith Jones was the morning-star of the revival in Wales and Daniel Rowland was possibly the most prominent preacher in it, but it was the conversion of Howell Harris in 1735 which directly initiated the Welsh Revival.
Small museum with displays on life of Howell Harris, founder of Welsh Methodism, and of the 'Trefeca Family' community he founded in the old house in 1752. Today, the museum is part of a residential lay training and conference centre Coleg Trefeca.
Howell Harris (1714-1773) was one of the main leaders of the Welsh Methodist revival in the 18th century, along with Daniel Rowland and William Williams Pantycelyn. Born at Talgarth in Brecknockshire (Wales) in 1714, he underwent a religious conversion in 1735 while listening to a sermon by the Rev. Pryce Davies in the parish church on the ...
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Howell Harris (1714-1773), the religious reformer, was born at Trefeca in the parish of Talgarth, Breconshire. He served as a schoolmaster at Llangorse from 1732 to 1735 when he was converted by the preaching of the vicar of Talgarth.
