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Joseph Butterworth
Joseph Butterworth (1770 – 30 June 1826) was an English law bookseller and politician. Life He was son of the Rev. John Butterworth, a Baptist minister in Coventry, where he was born. At an early age he went to London, where he learned the law-book trade, and founded a large and lucrative establishment in Fleet Street, in which his nephew Henry Butterworth later worked. Butterworth's house became a resort of the leading philanthropists of the day. There Lord Liverpool, John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth, William Wilberforce and Zachary Macaulay had discussions, and the first meetings of the British and Foreign Bible Society were held. Butterworth liberally supported many philanthropic and Christian institutions. He was M.P. for Coventry from 1812 to 1818, and for Dover from 1820 to 1826, and gave independent support to the government of the day. He was a broad-minded Wesleyan, and in August 1819 was appointed general treasurer of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, a pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Butterworth (minister)
John Butterworth (1727–1803) was an English Baptist minister. Life He was one of five sons of Henry Butterworth, a religiously-inclined blacksmith of Goodshaw, a village in Rossendale Valley, Lancashire; three of his brothers also became ministers of Baptist congregations: Henry was at Bridgnorth; James was at Bromsgrove; and Lawrence, who wrote two pamphlets against Unitarian views, was at Evesham. The other brother, Thomas, was also involved as a supply preacher. John was born 13 December 1727, and went to the school of David Crosley, a Calvinistic minister. About 1753 Butterworth was appointed pastor of Cow Lane Chapel, Coventry. With this congregation he remained half a century, and died 24 April 1803, aged 75. Works Butterworth published, in 1767, ''A New Concordance and Dictionary to the Holy Scriptures'', reprinted in 1785, 1792, and 1809. The last edition was edited by Adam Clarke. The ''Encyclopædia Metropolitana'' considered it "for the most part, a judicious abrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |