John Brewster (1753–1842) was an English author and clergyman.
Life
Brewster was the son of the Rev. Richard Brewster, M.A., vicar of
Heighington in
County Durham
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. He received his education at the grammar school of Newcastle upon Tyne under
Hugh Moises, and at
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Flemin ...
, where he graduated B.A. in 1775, and M.A. in 1778. He was appointed curate of
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in County Durham, England, with a population of 84,815 at the 2021 UK census. It gives its name to and is the largest settlement in the wider Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It is part of Teesside and the Tees Val ...
in 1776, and lecturer there in 1777. In 1791 he was presented to the vicarage of
Greatham, benefice he held until 1799, when he became vicar of Stockton through the patronage of Bishop
Shute Barrington
Shute Barrington (26 May 173425 March 1826) was an English churchman, Bishop of Llandaff in Wales, as well as Bishop of Salisbury and Bishop of Durham in England.
Early life
Barrington was born at Beckett Hall in Shrivenham in Berkshire (n ...
. Barrington later preferred him to the rectories of
Redmarshall
Redmarshall is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and ceremonial county of County Durham, England. The population as of the 2011 census was 287.
Redmarshall is situated to the west of Stockton-on-Tees, just north of th ...
in 1805,
Boldon in 1809, and
Egglescliffe in 1814.
He died at Egglescliffe 28 November 1842, aged 89.
Works
His chief work was his
''Parochial History and Antiquities of Stockton-upon-Tees'' published at Stockton in 1796. A second and enlarged edition was printed in 1829.
His other works include:
* ''Sermons for Prisons &c'' (1790).
* ''On the Prevention of Crimes and the Advantages of Solitary Confinement'' (1790).
* ''Meditations of a Recluse, chiefly on Religious Subjects'' (1800).
* ''A Thanksgiving Sermon for the Peace'' (1802).
* ''A Secular Essay, containing a View of Events connected with the Ecclesiastical History of England during the 18th Century'' (1802).
* ''The Restoration of Family Worship recommended, in Discourses selected, with alterations, from Dr. Doddridge'' (1804) .
* ''Lectures on the Acts of the Apostles''(1806, 2 vols)..
* ''Of the Religious Improvement of Prisons, an Assize Sermon'' (1808).
* ''Meditations for the Aged, adapted to the Progress of Human Life'' (1810 four editions).
* ''Meditations for Penitents'' (1813).
* ''Reflections adapted to the Holy Seasons of the Christian and Ecclesiastical Year''.
* ''Reflections upon the Ordination Service''.
* ''Contemplations on the Last Discourses of our Blessed Saviour with His Disciples as recorded in the Gospel of St. John'', (1822).
* ''A Sketch of the History of Churches in England, applied to the purposes of the Society for Promoting the Building and Enlargement of Churches and Chapels'' (1818).
* ''An Abridgment of Cave's Primitive Christianity''.
* ''Memoir of the Rev. Hugh Moises, A.M''; privately printed in 1823, and reprinted in Nichols's ''Illustrations of Literature'', vol. v.
References
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1753 births
1842 deaths
English male writers
People from Heighington, County Durham
People from Greatham, County Durham