Biography

Eliezer Cogan (1762-1855), Presbyterian minister, schoolmaster and classical scholar, was educated at Daventry Academy, studying under Thomas Belsham, and he remained there as assistant tutor until 1786. In 1787 Cogan was elected as minister of the Presbyterian congregation at Cirencester, and remained there until 1789. He was elected minister of the chapel in Crossbrook Street, Cheshunt, in 1800, and from 1801 to 1816 he was minister of the Old Presbyterian Chapel at Marsh Street, Walthamstow, Essex, where he taught the theology of Joseph Priestley. At the end of 1801 he moved his school from Cheshunt to Essex Hall, Higham Hill, Walthamstow. Cogan died at Essex Hall, Higham Hill, Walthamstow, on 21 January 1855, and was buried on 27 January in the cemetery at the Gravel Pit Chapel, Hackney.

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