author
Edward Meyrick Goulburn
1818–1897
A leading Victorian churchman and devotional writer, he brought scholarship, pastoral warmth, and a gift for clear religious prose to sermons, essays, and spiritual books that stayed in print long after his lifetime.
1 Audiobook
An Address to the Sisters of St. Peter's Home, Brompton
by Edward Meyrick Goulburn
About the author
Born in London in 1818 and educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, Edward Meyrick Goulburn became a prominent figure in the Church of England. He was known both for his academic distinction and for a long clerical career that included service as headmaster of Rugby School and later as Dean of Norwich.
Alongside his church work, he wrote widely on Christian life, prayer, doctrine, and the church year. His books were aimed at ordinary believers as well as serious students, and they earned him a reputation for thoughtful, accessible religious writing rather than dry theology.
Goulburn died in 1897. Readers who come to him now will usually find a distinctly Victorian voice: earnest, learned, and deeply concerned with the practical side of faith.