Daniel Turner

Daniel Turner's blue plaque in AbingdonDaniel Turner (1710–1798) was an English teacher and Baptist minister, now known as a hymn-writer.

Life Turner was born at Blackwater Farm, near St. Albans, on 1 March 1710. He kept a boarding-school at Hemel Hempstead. His pupils there included William Kenrick and Hugh Smith. At the same time he made a reputation as an occasional preacher in Baptist chapels. In 1741 he was chosen pastor of the Baptist church in Reading, Berkshire. He moved in 1748 to Abingdon, and held the pastorate there until his death on 5 September 1798. He was buried in the Baptist cemetery at Abingdon.

Turner received the honorary degree of M.A. from the Baptist College, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. He was a friend and correspondent of Robert Robinson, John Rippon, Isaac Watts, and others.