David Thomas (Protestant minister, born 1813)

David Thomas (1813 – 30 December 1894) was a Welsh preacher and publisher of The Homilist, a magazine of liturgical thought.

[1] Thomas was the originator of the Working Men's Club and Institute, of which Lord Brougham was first president; and of an insurance plan for the benefit of widows of ministers.

[1] His congregants included Catherine Mumford (whose wedding to William Booth was officiated by Thomas in 1855) and Wilson Carlile.

Pennsylvania's Waynesburg College awarded Thomas an Honorary Doctorate, recognizing his efforts to reconcile the churches of the United States and England.

He died at his daughter's home in Ramsgate on 30 December 1894 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.