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REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)

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REED, See also:ANDREW (1787-1862) , See also:English See also:nonconformist divine and philanthropist, was See also:born in See also:London on the 27th of See also:November 1787. He entered See also:Hackney See also:Independent See also:College in 1807 and was ordained See also:minister of New Road See also:Chapel in 1811. About 183o he built the larger Wycliffe Chapel, where he remained until 1861. He visited See also:America on a deputation to the Congregational Churches in 1834 and received the degree of D.D. from Yale. Reed's name is permanently associated with a See also:long See also:list of philanthropic achievements, including the London See also:Orphan See also:Asylum, the See also:Infant Orphan Asylum and the Reedham Orphanage, which he undertook on non-denominational lines because the See also:governors of the other institutions had made the See also:Anglican See also:Catechism compulsory. Besides these he originated in 1847 an asylum for idiots at See also:Highgate, after-wards moved to Earlswood in See also:Surrey with a See also:branch at See also:Colchester, and in 1855 the Royal See also:Hospital for Incurables at Putney. He died on the 25th of See also:February 1862. Besides an See also:account of his visit to America (2 vols., 1834), he compiled a hymn-See also:book (1841), and published some sermons and books of devotion. His second son, See also:SIR See also:CHARLES REED (1819-1881), was a successful typefounder and a keen supporter of popular See also:education. As a See also:common councillor of the See also:city of London he See also:developed the See also:Guildhall Library of the City of London School. He was elected M.P. for Hackney (1868 and 1874) and for St Ives, See also:Cornwall (1880), and served as chairman of the London School See also:Board (1873-1881) in See also:succession to See also:Lord See also:Lawrence. He was interested in antiquarian See also:research and in philanthropic See also:work, being an See also:associate of See also:George See also:Peabody and an active worker in connexion with the See also:Sunday School See also:Union, the See also:Bible Society, the Religious See also:Tract Society and the London Missionary Society.

His eldest son, Charles See also:

Edward See also:Baines Reed (1845-1884) was educated at Trinity College, See also:Cambridge, and became Congregational minister at See also:Warminster (1871) and a secretary of the See also:British and See also:Foreign Bible Society. He was killed by a fall in See also:Switzerland. Sir Charles Reed's this ,i son, See also:Talbot Baines Reed (1852-1893), educated at the City of London School, became managing director of his See also:father's See also:firm, and was one of the founders and secretary of the See also:Bibliographical Society. He is best known as the author of popular boys' books.

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