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

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