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GEORGE DAWSON (1821-1876)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 874 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEORGE See also:DAWSON (1821-1876)  , See also:English See also:nonconformist divine, was See also:born in See also:London on the 24th of See also:February 1821, and was educated at Marischal See also:College, See also:Aberdeen, and at the university of See also:Glasgow . In 1843 he accepted the pastorate of the Baptist See also:church at See also:Rickmansworth, and in 1844 a similar See also:charge at See also:Mount See also:Zion, See also:Birmingham, where he attracted large congregations by his eloquence and his unconventional views . Desiring freedom from any definite creed, he See also:left the Baptist church and became See also:minister of the " Church of the Saviour," a See also:building erected for him by his supporters . Here he exercised a stimulating and varied See also:ministry for nearly See also:thirty years, gathering See also:round him a See also:congregation of all types and especially of such as found the dogmas of the See also:age distasteful . He had much sympathy with the Unitarian position, but was not himself a Unitarian . Indeed he had no fixed standpoint, and discussed truths and principles from various aspects . His sermons, though not particularly speculative, were unconventional and quickening . He was the friend of See also:Carlyle and See also:Emerson, and did much to popularize their teachings, his See also:influence being conspicuous, especially in his demand for a high ethical See also:standard in everyday See also:life and his insistence on the Christianization of citizenship . He was warmly supported by Dr R . W . See also:Dale, and by J . T .

Bunce, editor of The Birmingham Daily See also:

Post . Both See also:Dawson and Dale were disqualified as ministers from seats on the See also:town See also:council, but both served on the Birmingham school See also:board . Dawson also lectured on English literature at the Midland See also:Institute and helped to found the See also:Shakespeare Memorial library in Birmingham . He died suddenly at See also:King's See also:Norton on the 3oth of See also:November 1876 . Four volumes of Sermons, two of Prayers and two of See also:Biographical Lectures were published after his See also:death . See Life by H . W . See also:Crosskey (1876) and an See also:article by R . W . Dale in The Nineteenth See also:Century (See also:August 1897) .

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