Samuel Bradburn
Samuel Bradburn | |
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| President of the Methodist Conference | |
| In office 1799–1800 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Benson |
| Succeeded by | James Wood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1751 |
| Died | 26 July 1816 (aged 64–65) |
| Occupation | Methodist preacher |
Known for | oratory |
Samuel Bradburn (1751–1816), was a Methodist preacher. He was an associate of John Wesley, and an intimate disciple of Fletcher of Madeley.
He was the son of a private in the army, and was born at Gibraltar.
On his father's return to England, when he was about twelve years old, he was apprenticed to a cobbler at Chester, and after a course of youthful profligacy became a Methodist at the age of eighteen. Bradburn entered the itinerant ministry about three years later in 1774, and continued in it more than forty years till his death.[1]
Bradburn was a successful orator, described as having a commanding figure and voice.[1]
Bradburn was described as having a simple lifestyle and a reputation for generosity and eccentricity. Although he was once a well-known preacher, little of his work remains apart from a published volume containing a small number of sermons issued posthumously.
Bradburn was president of the Methodist conference in 1799.[1] He died on 26 July 1816 following several months of inability to preach.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Kelly, Charles H, ed. (1891). Wesley and His Successors]. London: Charles H Kelly. pp. 51–52.
. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.