Background
He was born in Boston, Lincolnshire.
He was born in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Foreign seven or eight years he officiated as a Calvinist minister there. But later he became a Unitarian, and acted as a Unitarian minister at Boston from 1805 to 1817. In 1817 he moved to Doncaster.
Platts supplemented his ministerial income by teaching and compiling educational works.
He was also a Liberal activist, and humorous speaker. He died at Doncaster, after a long illness, on 19 June 1837.
His widow died in 1851, leaving five daughters.