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Thomas Crosby
Thomas Crosby may refer to: *Thomas Crosby (missionary) (1840–1914), English missionary in Canada *Thomas Crosby (Baptist) Thomas Crosby (1683–1751) was an English writer, author of ''History of the English Baptists''. Life Crosby was born in London, and was initially a sailor. He attended the Royal Mathematical School. A Baptist convert, Crosby was a member of t ... (1683–1751), English writer * Thomas Crosby (lord mayor) (1830–1916), Lord Mayor of London * Tom Crosby Jr. (1928–2011), American politician {{hndis, name=Crosby, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Crosby (missionary)
Thomas Crosby (21 June 1840 – 13 January 1914) was an English Methodist missionary known for his work among the First Nations people of coastal British Columbia, Canada. Thomas Crosby was born in 1840 in Pickering, Yorkshire, to (Wesleyan) Methodist parents. His father was a farmer. When he was sixteen, he emigrated with his parents to the vicinity of Woodstock, Ontario. Economic circumstances forced him to go to work at a tannery. In 1861 he answered a call in a Methodist newspaper for missionaries to go to British Columbia. Soon after arriving in B.C. in 1863, he was sent to teach at the Native school in Nanaimo, B.C. In 1866 he became an itinerant preacher, accompanying the Rev. Edward White on a preaching circuit covering Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and the area around Vancouver. In 1869 Crosby was appointed a stable position preaching and teaching in Chilliwack, B.C. He was ordained in 1871 and began intensively missionizing throughout the province. In 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Crosby (Baptist)
Thomas Crosby (1683–1751) was an English writer, author of ''History of the English Baptists''. Life Crosby was born in London, and was initially a sailor. He attended the Royal Mathematical School. A Baptist convert, Crosby was a member of the Horselydown church in Southwark. He kept a mathematical and commercial school there, from 1710 for 40 years. With John Robinson as partner in the school, Crosby had a business selling instruments, globes and books. He married the daughter of Benjamin Keach, as did Keach's successor as pastor, Benjamin Stinton (d. 1719). Crosby successfully advocated the divisive selection of John Gill as Stinton's successor, but then fell under a cloud with the church. Expelled, he joined the Unicorn Yard congregation (the secession of those dissatisfied with Gill), but was again pushed out. In both cases, his honesty was put into question. Works Crosby's ''History of the English Baptists, from the Reformation to the beginning of the reign of Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |