About: Henry Crewe Boutflower

Henry Crewe Boutflower /ˈboʊflaʊər/ (25 October 1796 – 4 June 1863) was an English Anglican minister and Hulsean essayist. Boutflower was the son of John Boutflower, surgeon, of Salford, and cousin of Samuel Peach Boutflower. He was educated at the Manchester Grammar School, and in 1815 entered St. John's College, Cambridge. In 1816, he gained the Hulsean theological prize. His Hulsean prize essay, which was published in 1817 at Cambridge, was entitled 'The Doctrine of the Atonement agreeable to Reason.' The degrees of B. A. and M. A. were conferred on him in 1819 and 1822, respectively, and he was ordained in 1821, when he became curate at Elmdon near Birmingham, having previously acted as assistant-master at the Manchester Grammar School.