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Edward Berens

d. 1859

A 19th-century English clergyman and religious writer, he combined church leadership with a steady output of practical books. His work reflects a life spent in scholarship, parish service, and the teaching traditions of the Church of England.

2 Audiobooks

Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew

Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew

by Edward Berens

Christmas Stories Containing John Wildgoose the Poacher, the Smuggler, and Good-nature, or Parish Matters

Christmas Stories Containing John Wildgoose the Poacher, the Smuggler, and Good-nature, or Parish Matters

by Edward Berens

About the author

Born in the late 1770s and dying in 1859, he was an Anglican clergyman who became Archdeacon of Berkshire and was also a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. Sources agree on his long career in the church, including years of parish work in Shrivenham, showing him as a writer whose books grew out of active pastoral and academic life.

His published work focused on religion rather than fiction, with titles including The History of the Prayer Book of the Church of England and collections of sermons and devotional writing. That suggests an author interested in explaining doctrine and worship clearly for ordinary readers, not just for specialists.

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