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J. F. (John Frewen) Moor

A 19th-century English clergyman and antiquarian, he wrote local histories and literary studies with a strong sense of place. His work often blends careful research with a warm interest in churches, villages, and the lives behind famous books.

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The Duty of Submission to Civil Authority,

The Duty of Submission to Civil Authority,

by J. F. (John Frewen) Moor

About the author

John Frewen Moor was a 19th-century English writer and clergyman whose books show a lasting interest in English religious life, local history, and literary heritage. An Internet Archive record for The birth-place, home, churches, and other places connected with the author of "The Christian Year" identifies him as J. F. (John Frewen) Moor and dates that work to 1866.

Published records linked to his name also show him writing about Hampshire villages, including A Guide to the Village of Hursley, with Notices of Ampfield, Otterbourne & Pitt. Taken together, these works suggest an author drawn to the history of places, the character of parish communities, and the cultural world surrounding the Church of England.

Reliable biographical details about his life appear to be limited in the sources I could confirm here, so it is safest to present him mainly through his surviving books: a thoughtful Victorian observer who preserved the stories of churches, homes, and landscapes that mattered to him.