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John Yeardley
1786–1858
A plainspoken Quaker minister whose journals trace a life of faith, travel, and service across 19th-century Europe. His writing offers a close, personal view of spiritual struggle, missionary work, and everyday conviction.
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Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel
by John Yeardley
About the author
Born near Rotherham, Yorkshire, on January 3, 1786, he was raised in a farming family and joined the Society of Friends as a young man. He later became a Quaker minister, and his life was shaped by both practical work and religious service.
He is best known through Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel, which preserves his journals and reflections. The record of his life shows a deeply committed traveler and missionary whose work took him beyond England into parts of continental Europe.
Yeardley died in London on August 11, 1858. His writing remains of interest for readers drawn to Quaker history, spiritual autobiography, and firsthand accounts of religious life in the 1800s.