Clifford, John, 1836-1923

LC control no.	no 92000235
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Clifford, John, 1836-1923 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated place	Paddington (London, England)
Birth date	1836-10-16
Death date	1923-11-20
Place of birth	Sawley (Derbyshire, England)
Place of death	London (England)
Field of activity	Preaching Social problems Dissenters, Religious
Affiliation	New Connexion of General Baptists Praed Street Baptist Church (London, England) Westbourne Park Baptist Church, London Baptist Union of Great Britain
Profession or occupation	Clergy Baptists Social reformers Dissenters, Religious
Found in	His Brotherhood and the war in South Africa [MI] 1900: t.p. (John Clifford, M.A., DD.) NUC pre-56 (Clifford, John, 1836-1923) Crane, D. John Clifford, 1908: p. 1 (Dr. John Clifford, minister of Westbourne Park) p. 3-4 (embodied in his own person the principle of militant nonconformity; born at Sawley ... on the 16th October, 1936) p. 37, etc. (attended the Baptist College at Leicester in September 1855; political and social reformer; twice elected President of the Baptist Union in 1888 and 1899) Oxford DNB online, viewed 11 May 2016 (Clifford, John (1836-1923), minister of the New Connexion of General Baptists; born at Sawley, Derbyshire, on 16 October 1836; began at Midland Baptist College in Leicester in September 1855; questioned the historical truth of Christianity, the teaching of Christ, and the place of miracles in the life of the world; moved to Praed Street Baptist Church, Paddington, on condition that he could continue his studies at University College, London; began his ministry on 17 October 1858 and remained there until he retired on 29 August 1915; supported the London dock strike of 1889 and the Progressive Party on the London county council; successfully opposed the imposition of religious tests on board school teachers in London in 1893-4; died at a meeting of the Baptist Union council, London, on 20 November 1923)
Associated language	eng