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Charles Vince (Baptist)
Charles Vince (1823–1874) was a noted and popular Baptist minister in Birmingham, England, at the Graham Street chapel from 1852 to 1874. He was one of the religious leaders developing Birmingham's Civic Gospel, with his predecessor at the chapel George Dawson (preacher), George Dawson, and Henry William Crosskey. Life Vince was born in Farnham, Surrey, into a Congregationalist background: his father was a carpenter and builder. He attended a local school, run by a nephew of William Cobbett, became an apprentice to Mason & Jackson, the firm for which his father worked, and joined the local Mechanics' Institute. After a Baptist conversion, he entered Stepney College in 1848. He was then assigned to the Mount Zion Chapel, in Graham Street, Birmingham. He has been described as a "charismatic preacher". As a figure of the Birmingham "civic renaissance" (or "civic gospel"), a movement promoted by Dawson's supporters, Vince spoke for causes including the Reform League, the National Edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Vince
Charles Vince (born 1887) was an English journalist, who served as a soldier in World War I. Life He was the son of Charles Anthony Vince. In World War I, Vince fought with the 59th (2nd North Midland) Division. He wrote in the ''New Statesman'' in 1915, on "Stendhal's Waterloo". In the last year of the war, articles by Lieut. Charles Vince appeared in ''The Straits Times''. On 29 September 1918, an article by Lieutenant Charles Vince, in the Swiss French-language paper ''L'Impartial'', discussed the British attitude to peace negotiations. Vince's career had been in journalism. From 1920 he worked for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), initially as Assistant Secretary for Publicity. He was promoted, on the retirement of George Richard Francis Shee (1869–1939), the Secretary, and became sole editor of ''The Life-boat'', the journal of the Institution. He emphasised human interest and quality photography. When he left in the early 1950s, he was succeeded by Patri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
