John Trevor (Unitarian minister)
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John Trevor (1855–1930) was an English Unitarian minister who formed The Labour Church.[1]
Early life[edit]
John was born in Liverpool; his mother died when he was still a child and he was raised by his maternal grandmother, a strict Johnsonian Baptist. He was converted by a Unitarian minister.[2]
Formation of the Labour Church[edit]
John Trevor formed The Labour Church in 1891 in Manchester. He left the Labour Church in 1900 and the Church never recovered from its loss and disappeared by World War I.[2]
Death[edit]
After a decade of increasing loneliness John Trevor died in 1930.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Johnson, Neil (May 2015). 'So peculiarly its own': the theological socialism of the Labour Church (PhD). University of Birmingham. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ a b c "Working papers on Rev. John Trevor (1855-1930), founder of the Labour Church". University of Warwick. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
External links[edit]
- Webb, R. K. "Trevor, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/38078. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)