Category: Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge among the Poor

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Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge among the Poor (act. 1750–1920s), later known also as the Book Society, was an interdenominational group of lay people, dissenting ministers, and Anglican clergy, of an evangelical, moderate Calvinist persuasion, whose aim was the free distribution of bibles and religious books to the poor.

It was the first evangelical tract society, and the precursor of the Religious Tract Society (founded 1799) and the British and Foreign Bible Society (founded 1804). Some of the most famous names among evangelical dissenters and Church of England evangelicals were members. See link

This category is for the supporters of the Society, as listed in their various reports.


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09 Jun 1729 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England - 06 Feb 1796
abt 1724 Styford, Northumberland, England - abt 1801
abt 1734 Olney, Buckinghamshire, England - 02 Jul 1804
abt 1722 Cloughfold, Rossendale, Lancashire, England - abt 1775

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23 Jan 1727 Willenhall, Staffordshire, England - 14 Feb 1810
abt 1736 - 18 Sep 1820
abt 17 Jun 1723 Rendham, Suffolk, England - 1796

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03 Jun 1714 Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England - 30 May 1781 photo

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06 Feb 1747 London, England - 16 Sep 1820

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12 Nov 1737 Bristol, Somerset, England - 1791

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abt 1724 Ashburton, Devon, England - abt 1786
20 Jan 1714 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England - 05 Feb 1787
06 Jan 1740 Lidget Green, Yorkshire, England - 25 Jul 1817 photo
1731 Cockermouth, Cumberland, England - 14 Aug 1807

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05 Mar 1750 Montacute, Somerset, England - 1838 photo
31 May 1720 Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England - 22 Feb 1785
abt 1730 - abt 1789
abt 1736 Llandyssul, Pembrokeshire, Wales - 06 Dec 1795
abt 1747 Melbourne, Derbyshire, England - abt 1827

H

abt 21 Feb 1726 Cilgwyn by Llangybi, Cardiganshire, Wales - 15 Aug 1785
abt 1739 - 26 Jan 1815
abt 1752 London, England - abt 1843

J

1748 Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England - 16 Oct 1814
abt 1728 - 1800

K

Nov 1724 Tavistock, Devon, England - 28 Feb 1793 photo
28 Mar 1725 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England - 08 Oct 1795 photo

L

abt 1726 - abt 1807
abt 1717 Yorkshire, England - abt 1778

M

25 Aug 1754 Northamptonshire, England - 10 Sep 1831
1733 Plymouth, Devon, England - 1793

O

abt 1722 Dartmouth, Devon, England - abt 1785
abt 1717 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England - abt 1783

P

26 Mar 1741 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England - 28 Nov 1813
abt 1750 - bef 1816

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abt 1716 Bedworth, Warwickshire, England - abt 1789
abt 1725 Bedworth, Warwickshire, England - abt 1794
abt 1743 Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire, Wales - abt 1825

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abt 1710 Glamorgan, Wales - abt 1800
abt 1755 - abt 1800
abt 1751 Tiverton, Devon, England - 1836
abt 1731 London, England - 1784
abt 1733 London, England - abt 1780

S

abt 1721 London, England - 21 Feb 1791
01 Jun 1727 Exeter, Devon, England - 24 Aug 1795
bef 03 Oct 1729 England - 06 Jul 1817

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abt 1735 Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England - abt 1831
1756 South Petherton, Somerset, England - 1821
abt 1723 Kenn, Devon, England
abt 1724 - 02 Dec 1806
19 Apr 1751 Sudbury, Suffolk, England - abt 1793

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abt 1748 London, England - abt 1826
abt 1707 London, England - abt 1782
abt 1745 Tadley, Hampshire, England - 27 Sep 1820
abt 1744 Tadley, Hampshire, England - 29 Apr 1799
22 Sep 1740 Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England - 07 Mar 1800




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