- JORTIN, JOHN
- English divine, born in London, of Huguenot descent; held various appointments, was a prebend of St. Paul's, wrote on ecclesiastical history (1698-1770).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
JORTIN, JOHN
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