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See also:DAWSON, See also:GEORGE (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
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
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 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
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
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).
End of Article: DAWSON, GEORGE (1821-1876)
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