John Brown of Bedford

This article is about 19th and early 20th century theologian, for other people with the same name see John Brown (disambiguation).

The Rev. John Brown, B.A. D.D. was a British theologian, historian, and pastor. He was born in 1830. He obtained a Bachelor's of Arts and a Doctorate of Divinity and served as pastor of Bunyan's Chapel in the town of Bedford, Bedfordshire in the Eastern part of England. He was the author of several oft referenced works on church history and theology, including an important biography of John Bunyan, subtitled His Life, Times and Work. The Rev. John Brown died in 1922.

Personal life

Brown married Ada Haydon Ford (1837–1929) in 1859. Their children included Walter Langdon-Brown, the physician and professor of medicine; and Florence Ada Brown, a political activist combating poverty and eventual mayor of Cambridge, England. He is the grandfather of John Maynard Keynes.

Works

As Author

• Puritan Preaching in England: A Study of Past and Present
• John Bunyan: His Life, Times and Work
• The Pilgrim Fathers of New England and Their Puritan Successors
• The History of The English Bible

As Editor

• Life and Death of Mr. Badman and The Holy War by John Bunyan (1905)
• The Sermons of Thomas Adams: The Shakespeare of Puritan Theologians; A Selection