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John Brown

1830 – 1922

British theologian, historian, and pastor

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Lived 1830 – 1922 (aged 91). John Brown was a British writer, historian, theologian and cleric.

John Brown (1830–1922) was a British theologian, historian, and pastor.

Brown obtained a Bachelor of Arts and a Doctor of Divinity and served as pastor of Bunyan Meeting in the town of Bedford, Bedfordshire in the Eastern part of England. He was the author of several oft referenced works on church history and theology, including an important biography of John Bunyan, subtitled His Life, Times and Work.

Personal life Brown married Ada Haydon Ford (1837–1929) in 1859. Their children included Walter Langdon-Brown, the physician and professor of medicine; and Florence Ada Brown, a political activist combating poverty and eventual mayor of Cambridge, England. He is the grandfather of John Maynard Keynes.

Works As Author Puritan Preaching in England: A Study of Past and Present John Bunyan: His Life, Times and Work The Pilgrim Fathers of New England and Their Puritan Successors. Reprinted 1970 by Pilgrim Publications, Pasadena, Texas 77501. The History of The English Bible The Stundists (1893), digitized The Colonial Missions of Congregationalism : The Story of 70 Years (London, 1908). Quoted in "How Bunyan Became English" Isabel Hofmeyr, note 102 p. 105 https://www.jstor.org/stable/3070763

As Editor Life and Death of Mr. Badman and The Holy War by John Bunyan (1905) The Sermons of Thomas Adams: The Shakespeare of Puritan Theologians; A Selection

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British theologian, historian, and pastor (1830–1922)

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John Brown was born on 19 June 1830.

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John Brown died on 16 January 1922.

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John Brown was a writer, historian, theologian and cleric.

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John Brown was British.

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· Wikipedia: John Brown

· Wikidata: Q6223521

· DBpedia: John Brown (writer)

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