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GEORGE BURDER (1752-1832)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 809 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEORGE See also:BURDER (1752-1832)  , See also:English See also:Nonconformist divine, was See also:born in See also:London on the 5th of See also:June 1752 . In See also:early manhood he was an engraver, but in 1776 he began See also:preaching, and was See also:minister of the See also:Independent See also:church at See also:Lancaster from 1778 to 1783 . Subsequently he held charges at See also:Coventry (1784–1803) and at Fetter See also:Lane, London (1803–1832) . He was one of the founders of the See also:British and See also:Foreign See also:Bible Society, the Religious See also:Tract Society, and the London Missionary Society, and was secretary to the last-named for several years . As editor of the Evangelical See also:Magazine and author of See also:Village Sermons, he commanded a wide See also:influence . He died on the 29th of May 1832, and a See also:Life (by H . See also:Burder) appeared in 1833 .

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