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BICKERSTETH, EDWARD (1786—185o)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 913 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BICKERSTETH, See also:EDWARD (1786—185o) , See also:English evangelical divine, See also:brother of See also:Henry, See also:Baron Langdale, See also:master of the rolls (1836—1851), and See also:uncle of See also:Robert Bickersteth, See also:bishop of See also:Ripon (1857—1884), was See also:born at See also:Kirkby See also:Lonsdale, and practised as a See also:solicitor at See also:Norwich from 1812 to 1815. In 1816 he took orders, and was made one of the secretaries of the See also:Church Missionary Society. On receiving the living of Watton, See also:Hertfordshire, in 1830, he resigned his secretaryship, but continued to lecture and preach, both for the Church Missionary Society and the Society for the See also:Conversion of the See also:Jews. His See also:works include A Scripture Help (See also:London, 1816), which has been translated into many See also:European See also:languages, and See also:Christian Psalmody (London, 1833), a collection of over 700 See also:hymns, which forms the basis of the Hymnal See also:Companion (London, 187o), compiled by his son, E. H. Bickersteth, bishop of See also:Exeter (1885—189o). He was active in promoting the Evangelical See also:Alliance of 1845, strongly opposed the Tractarian See also:Movement, and was one of the founders of the Irish Church See also:Missions, and See also:Parker, See also:Societies.

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