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George Ludington Weed
1828–1904
Best known for writing clear, approachable religious books for young readers, this 19th-century American author turned Bible stories and church history into lively biographies. His work has stayed visible through libraries and public-domain editions more than a century after his death.
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A Life of St. John for the Young
by George Ludington Weed
About the author
Born on April 9, 1828, at Union Mission in what was then Indian Territory, George Ludington Weed grew up in a missionary family and later studied at Marietta College, where he received an A.M. in 1849. He also studied divinity at Andover Theological Seminary from 1849 to 1852.
Weed was an educator and author whose books were written in a plain, welcoming style. Records of his work list Great Truths Simply Told (1891) and a sequence of books for younger readers, including A Life of Christ for the Young (1898), A Life of Saint Paul for the Young (1899), A Life of Saint John for the Young (1900), and A Life of Saint Peter for the Young (1901). Catalog and public-domain library listings suggest that these accessible religious biographies are the works for which he is most remembered.
He died on September 22, 1904. I could confirm basic biographical facts and his published books, but I did not find a reliable portrait image from the sources available here, so no profile image is included.