GB 0102 MS 380725 - Fidler, William

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GB 0102 MS 380725 1825-1827 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Fidler , William , 1795-1866 , missionary

Born, 1795; married Anna Wale (d 1859); appointed by the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society to St Vincent, West Indies, 1824; stationed in the West Indies, 1825-1838; minister at Retford, 1838-1840; minister at Belper, 1840-1842; returned to missionary work, serving in Demerara and the West Indies, 1842-1851; returned to England, serving as minister at Launceston, Kingsbridge, Ashburton and Bridgewater, 1851-1857; returned as missionary to Demerara, 1857-1861; missionary to Antigua, 1862-1866; returned to England and died at Weston-super-Mare, 1866.

Presented in 2000.

Diary, 1825-1827, of the Rev William Fidler, describing his voyage from Bristol to St Vincent accompanied by his wife Anna and other Methodist missionaries, and containing detailed descriptions of events and places during his first two years in the West Indies, and religious reflections.

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No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Database.

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (Ref: MMS/WMMS), including letters from William Fidler (Ref: MMS/WMMS West Indies Correspondence).

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: Alphabetical Arrangement of Wesleyan Methodist Ministers (1862); Wesleyan Methodist Church Minutes of Conference (1867), pp 36-7. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2002 Ancient religions Avon Bristol Caribbean Christianity Christians Clergy Diaries Documents England Europe Evangelistic missionaries Fidler , Anna , d 1859 , née Wale x Wale , Anna Fidler , William , 1795-1866 , missionary Information sources Literary forms and genres Literature Maritime transport Methodism Methodists Missionaries Missionary work Nonfiction Ordained missionaries Primary documents Prose Protestantism Protestant nonconformists Protestant nonconformity Protestants Religions Religious activities Religious belief Religious groups Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St Vincent Theology Transport Travel Travel abroad UK Water transport Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Western Europe West Indies London Nonconformists Nonconformity

Presented in 2000.

Diary, 1825-1827, of the Rev William Fidler, describing his voyage from Bristol to St Vincent accompanied by his wife Anna and other Methodist missionaries, and containing detailed descriptions of events and places during his first two years in the West Indies, and religious reflections.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds the records of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (Ref: MMS/WMMS), including letters from William Fidler (Ref: MMS/WMMS West Indies Correspondence).

Database.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English