John Rogers (17 July 1778 – 12 June 1856) was an English Anglican priest, mine-owner, botanist, mineralogist, and scholar of Hebrew and Syriac.

He was born at Plymouth on 17 July 1778, the eldest son of John Rogers, the MP for Penryn and Helston and Margaret, daughter of Francis Basset.

As lord of the Tresavean mine, he took an active part in forwarding the adoption of the first man engine in the UK[2][5] (designed by Michael Loam), the introduction of which in the deep mines, in place of the old perpendicular ladders, proved an important reform[2] – reducing the time for miners to reach the working levels from an hour to just twenty-five minutes, and enabling older, more experienced miners to reach the lowest levels.

In 1812, when Frey prepared the edition of the Hebrew Bible published by the newly formed Society for Promoting the Conversion of the Jews, the general supervision of the work was entrusted to Rogers.

[2] His own works, in addition to sermons and occasional papers, were:[2] A few days before his death he completed his last article on ‘Variæ Lectiones of the Hebrew Bible’ for the Journal of Sacred Literature.