Introduction

Biography

James was the bro­ther of Ro­bert Wall­ace (1791–1880), pro­fes­sor of theo­lo­gy at Man­ches­ter New Col­lege and au­thor of An­ti­trin­i­tar­i­an Bi­og­ra­phy.

James served as a Uni­ta­ri­an min­is­ter at Tot­nes, De­von (1824), then af­ter­ward at Brigh­ton and Ware­ham. He was a pro­lif­ic hymn writ­er, and al­so con­trib­ut­ed po­et­ic­al piec­es to the Month­ly Re­pos­i­to­ry.