Hocking, Joseph (1860-1937)

English Methodist minister and novelist. His publications include Jabez Easterbrook 1891, Fields of Fair Renown 1896, The Scarlet Women 1899 (which caused some stir in Free Church circles), The Trampled Cross 1907, God and Mammon 1912, The Eternal Challenge 1929, and Deep Calleth Deep 1936. He was the brother of Silas Hocking.

He was born in St Stephens, Cornwall, and educated at Owens College, Manchester. He became a land surveyor 1878, but left this profession 1884 and was ordained.