Thomas Hincks (1818 – 25 January 1899) was a British Unitarian minister and a naturalist known for his work on zoophytes and bryozoa.

[1] He was born the son of the William Hincks in Exeter, Devon.

He studied at Manchester New College from 1833 to 1839 (while it was, confusingly, in York) and received his B.A.

[2] He became a Unitarian minister and served at Cork (1839), Dublin (1842), Warrington (1844), Exeter (1846), Sheffield (1852) and Leeds (1855).

He lost his voice whilst at Mill Hill Chapel in Leeds, and had to resign.