One of the branches of Protestant Christianity. Modern Baptist churches trace their history to the English Separatist movement in the 1600s.
Not to be confused with the Old Baptist Union.
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Samuel Stennett, DD
Baptist minister and hymnwriter. Â Born Exeter. Â His father was appointed minister at Little Wild Street chapel from 1737 so the family moved to London. Â See Andrew Gifford for the rather unsavoury ...
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Rev. Richard Carr Kirkpatrick
Priest. Founder of St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, and first vicar there: 1870 - 1907. From St Augustine's Church website: "Richard Carr Kirkpatrick was the son of an Irish landowner and a friend ...
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Edward Burrough
Quaker activist and writer. Born near Kendal. Died, unmarried, in Newgate prison and was buried at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.
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Sister Monica Tywang
Born in Trinidad, Tywang moved to England in the 1960s, aged 13. Ten years later, she entered the Daughters of Wisdom, a convent, and trained as a nurse in Blackpool before settling in London. Her ...
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Swami Vivekananda
Philosopher and sage. Born as Narendra Nath Datta in Calcutta. He became a disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahasa and travelled extensively, mainly to Britain and the U.S.A., promoting his religious be...
Person, Philosophy, Religion, India, USA
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