caption death_date death_place children birth_place image_size birth_date known_for image article_title name
in 1840 in the crowd at the conference 1853 hackney seven leighton buzzard , bedfordshire , uk 240px 1783 history of the baptists edward augustus cox 1840.jpg francis augustus cox
 francis augustus cox
francis augustus cox

francis augustus cox -lrb- 1783 -- 1853 -rrb- was a prominent english baptist minister .
he began preaching in his teens , before training , and was then a minister for over forty years in hackney .
cox was an active supporter of the formation of the university of london .
he published numerous articles including a book of biographies and a history of the baptist missionary society .
