Samuel Burder (1773 – 21 November 1837) was an Anglican clergyman, and a writer on religious subjects.
Life
editBurder was the son of William Burder, and was related to George Burder. Brought up as a dissenter, he was minister of an independent congregation at St Albans. In 1808 he was admitted to Clare Hall, Cambridge, but his name does not appear in the list of graduates. Having conformed to the Church of England, he was ordained in the autumn of 1808 by Bishop Barrington of Durham. He was preacher in London at St Margaret Lothbury, at St Dunstan's, Fleet Street, and afterwards at Christ Church Newgate. He was appointed (before 1816) chaplain to the Duke of Kent, and in 1827 to the Earl of Bridgewater. He died on 21 November 1837.[1][2]
Works
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Burder was the author of:[1]
- The Moral Law … an Antidote to Antinomianism, 1795.
- A Christian Directory, 1800.
- Owen's Display of Arminianism.
- Oriental Customs in illustration of the Scriptures, 1802 and 1807; several editions and a German translation by Rosenmüller, 1819.
- The Scripture Expositor, 1809.
- Oriental Literature applied to the Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures, 1812.
- Memoirs of eminently Pious British Women, 1815.
- Oriental Customs, 1831.
Burder's works on oriental customs were popular compilations.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 296.
- ^ "Burder, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 23 September 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3960. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Burder, Samuel". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 296.