Sarah D. Greer

Sarah Dinah Greer (; 23 January 1805 – 2 May 1891) was an Irish novelist who published under the names Mrs. J. R. Greer and Mrs. S. Greer. Raised a Quaker, she is known for writing critical of Quakerism following her expulsion from the Society of Friends.

Biography Sarah Dinah Strangman was born 23 January 1805 in Waterford, Ireland, the daughter of John Hancock Strangman, a wealthy Quaker merchant, and Dinah Wilson Newsom Strangman. She was educated at the Suir Island Quaker School. In 1829, she married John Robert Greer, a Quaker.

Greer was expelled from the Quakers at some point in her life and appears to have embraced the Church of Ireland. In the early 1850s, she published two anti-Quaker works, an anonymous autobiography called Quakerism; or the Story of My Life (1851) and a fictionalized expose called The Society of Friends: A Domestic Narrative (1852). These works prompted a number of response pamphlets from outraged Quakers, including Ostentation: or, Critical Remarks on 'Quakerism; or, the Story of My Life''' (1852) by Sandham Elly. Though her portrayal of Quakerism is unflattering and noted for its attack on a number of individual Quakers, her work is considered a resource for scholars regarding the inner workings of 19th century Irish Quakerism. The Society of Friends: A Domestic Narrative, Illustrating the Peculiar Doctrines Held By the Disciples of George Fox by Mrs. J. R. Greer. London: Saunders & Otley, 1852. The Chained Bible, and Other Poems'' by Mrs. S Greer. Dublin: Herbert, 1851.