| 词条 | John Sheppard (writer) |
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John Sheppard (1785–1879) was an English religious writer. LifeBorn on 15 October 1785 at Frome, Somerset, where the family had resided for a century, he was son of John Sheppard by his wife Mary Kelson, daughter of John Banger of Puddletown, Dorset. He left school in 1800 to enter the woollen trade, in which most of the family were engaged. In 1806, after his father's death, he and his mother joined the Baptists, to which many of his relatives belonged. With John Foster, a Baptist minister in Frome for a period from 1804, Sheppard developed a close friendship.[1] The death of his uncle, Walter Sheppard, who made him his heir, allowed Sheppard to retire from business. He matriculated at Edinburgh University, as a medical student, towards the end of 1812, but switched to the study of philosophy and Hebrew. During two years' residence at Edinburgh he formed friendships with Thomas Chalmers and John Pinkerton. In 1816 and 1817 he made tours through France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany, and studied for some months at Göttingen. In 1823 Sheppard published his Thoughts preparative or persuasive to Private Devotion, which went through five editions in as many years. Then for the rest of his life he concentrated on religious authorship, lay preaching, and foreign travel.[1] Sheppard died at Frome on 30 April 1879, and was buried in the dissenters' cemetery. He was twice married.[1] WorksSheppard wrote:[1]
Notes1. ^1 2 3 {{cite DNB|wstitle=Sheppard, John (1785-1879)|volume=52}} Attribution{{DNB|wstitle=Sheppard, John (1785-1879)|volume=52}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheppard, John}} 6 : 1785 births|1879 deaths|English writers|English Baptists|People from Frome|English male writers |
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