Burder, George, 1752-1832

found: His Bunyan's Pilgrim's progress, versified, 1807: t.p. (George Burder, author of Village sermons)

found: They are altogether lighter than vanity, ca. 1780: print recto (G. Burder inv. & scu.)

found: Oxford DNB, 22 Oct. 2004: (Burder, George; Independent minister; b. Islington, 5 June 1752; d. London, 29 May 1832; trained as an engraver under Isaac Taylor; began preaching in 1776; ordained at the High Street Chapel, Lancaster, in 1778; acted as a travelling preacher; began his ministry at West Orchard Chapel, Coventry, in 1783; founding member of the Warwickshire Association of Ministers for the Spread of the Gospel at Home and Abroad; founding member of the Religious Tract Society; supported the formation of the British and Foreign Bible Society; secretary of the London Missionary Society 1803-1827; minister of the Fetter Lane Chapel beginning in 1803; publisher, compiler, and author; editor of the Evangelical Magazine) DNB Archive (took lessons in drawing from Isaac Taylor and studied at the Royal Academy; began business as an engraver in 1773)

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