Benjamin Boothroyd Doctor of Divinity was an English Independent minister and Hebrew scholar.
Background
Born at Warley Town, in the parish of Halifax, Yorkshire, on 10 October 1768, Booth was the son of a shoemaker there. He helped his father to make shoes for a time, but when about 14 years old he ran away. In Lancashire he found work with a Methodist.
And later returned to Warley to superintend his father"s trade.
Education
About 1785 Boothroyd devoted himself to religion, attended prayer meetings and spoke at them. He read Philip Doddridge"s works and was admitted a student of the North Howram dissenting academy.
Career
He was sent to the village school, leaving it when six years old. In 1790 he was chosen minister at Pontefract. Ordained there, he succeeded in filling his chapel and a new one was built.
He also opened a shop as a bookseller and printer.
In 1818 Boothroyd (who had accepted the degree of Doctor of Laws) became co-pastor at Highfield Chapel, Huddersfield, with the Review William Moorhouse. On 10 January 1836 he went down with a violent illness.
He died on 8 September and was buried at Huddersfield. In 1801 Boothroyd married a Mission Hurst of Pontefract.
She died in 1832.