Edward Backhouse
1808–79
Quaker minister and historical writer. Fond of travel, painting, and natural history; devoted himself to philanthropic and religious causes. Minister in the Society of Friends from 1854.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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