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George Smith (historian)
George Smith (31 August 1800 – 30 August 1868) was an English businessman, historian and theologian. He is now best known for historical work relating to the Methodist conference. Life Born at Condurrow, near Camborne, Cornwall, on 31 August 1800, he was the son of William Smith, a carpenter and small farmer at Condurrow (died 1852), by his wife, Philippa Moneypenny (died 1834). He was educated at the British and Foreign schools in Falmouth, and in Plymouth where his father retired in 1808, when the lease of his farm expired. In 1812 he returned with his parents to Cornwall, and was employed for several years in farm work and carpentering. Having accumulated a small sum of money, he became a builder in 1824. Smith then became a business partner of William Bickford, his father-in-law. He took out patents for improvements in safety fuses, by himself or with others, and built up a fortune in business. He was chairman of the Cornwall Railway to January 1864, overseeing the con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methodist Conference
The Methodist Church of Great Britain is a Protestant Christian denomination in Britain, and the mother church to Methodists worldwide. It participates in the World Methodist Council, and the World Council of Churches among other ecumenical associations. Methodism began primarily through the work of John Wesley (1703–1791), who led an evangelical revival in 18th-century Britain. An Anglican priest, Wesley adopted unconventional and controversial practices, such as open-air preaching, to reach factory labourers and newly urbanised masses uprooted from their traditional village culture at the start of the Industrial Revolution. His preaching centred upon the universality of God's grace for all, the transforming effect of faith on character, and the possibility of perfection in love during this life. He organised the new converts locally and in a "Connexion" across Britain. Following Wesley's death, the Methodist revival became a separate church and ordained its own ministers; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Archaeological Society
The Irish Archaeological Society (sometimes spelled as "Irish Archæological Society") was a learned society, founded in 1840. Among the founders was the Rev. Dr. Todd, who acted as secretary. The Irish Archaeological Society was one of the first text publication societies of Ireland. It published scholarly material on the history of Ireland from 1841 to 1855.. The publications appeared from 1840 to 1851, and in 1855. See: with 15 volumes online readable. In 1854 it merged with the Celtic Society, to form the Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society. Publications In 1841 the first publication of the Irish Archaeological Society appeared: * ''Tracts Relating to Ireland, printed for the Irish Archæological Society.'' Vol. I. Dublin. It contained: ** Minutes of the First Annual General Meeting of the Society. ** ''The Circuit of Ireland by Muircheabtach Mac Neill'', by Cormacan Eigeas (A.D. 942). Translation and Notes by John O'Donovan. ** ''A Brief Description of Ireland'', b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers From Cornwall
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Cornish Methodists
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People From Camborne
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Fellows Of The Society Of Antiquaries Of London
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19th-century English Historians
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1868 Deaths
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1800 Births
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William Bickford-Smith
William Bickford-Smith (1827 – 24 February 1899) was an English fuse manufacturer and a Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. Biography Smith was the son of George Smith of Truro and his wife Elizabeth Burall Bickford. He was educated at Saltash and Plymouth. His grandfather William Bickford had developed a method of making mining fuses using rope which was safer than previous methods and with Smith's father had established a factory at Tuckingmill, Cornwall. Smith became a partner in his father's firm of Bickford, Smith, & Co. and lived near the factory at Camborne. There was another factory at St. Helen's Junction, Lancashire, and Smith was also chairman of Helston Railway. He was also captain in the 15th Cornwall Rifle Volunteers and J.P. for Cornwall. In 1868, he took the additional surname of Bickford, when he inherited the property of his maternal grandfather. Bickford-Smith purchased the Trevarno Estate, at Helsto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly Sheets Affair
Samuel Dunn (13 February 1798 – 24 January 1882) was a British Methodist minister and religious writer. Life Dunn was born at Mevagissey in Cornwall. His father, James Dunn, the master of a small trading vessel, made the acquaintance of John Wesley in 1768, and became a class leader; with his crew he protected Adam Clarke from the fury of a mob in Guernsey in 1786. He died at Mevagissey, 8 August 1842, aged 88. The son Samuel received his education at Truro, under Edward Budd, who was afterwards the editor of ''The West Briton''. In 1819 he was admitted a Wesleyan Methodist minister, and after passing the usual three years of probation, was received as a full minister, and volunteered for service in the Shetland Islands, where, in conjunction with John Raby, he was the first minister of his denomination, and suffered many hardships. While here he wrote an interesting series of articles descriptive of Orkney and Shetland (''Wesleyan Methodist Magazine'', 1822–5). Dunn was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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