F&b meyer biography examples

Frederick Brotherton Meyer (8 April 1847 – 28 March 1929), a contemporary and friend of D. L. Moody and A. C. Dixon, was a Baptist pastor and evangelist in England involved in ministry and inner city mission work on both sides of the Atlantic.

Author of numerous religious books and articles, many of which remain in print today, he was described in an obituary as The Archbishop of the Free Churches.

Introduction

Frederick Meyer was born in London.

He attended Brighton College and graduated from the University of London in 1869. He studied theology at Regent's Park College.

Meyer was part of the Higher Life movement and preached often at the Keswick Convention.

He was known as a crusader against immorality.

F&b meyer biography examples

He preached against drunkenness and prostitution. He is said to have brought about the closing of hundreds of saloons and brothels.

While in York in the early 1870s F. B. Meyer met the American evangelist Dwight L.

Moody, whom he introduced to ot