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L. (Luke) Tyerman

1819–1889

A Wesleyan minister turned full-time writer, he became one of the 19th century’s most industrious chroniclers of early Methodism. His long, detailed lives of John Wesley, George Whitefield, Samuel Wesley, and other Methodist figures helped preserve the movement’s story for later readers.

8 Audiobooks

The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume 1 (of 2)

The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume 1 (of 2)

by L. (Luke) Tyerman

The life and times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley Rector of Epworth and father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the Methodists

The life and times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley Rector of Epworth and father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the Methodists

by L. (Luke) Tyerman

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 2 (of 3)

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 2 (of 3)

by L. (Luke) Tyerman

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 1 (of 3)

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 1 (of 3)

by L. (Luke) Tyerman

Wesley's Designated Successor The Life, Letters, and Literary Labours of the Rev. John William Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire

Wesley's Designated Successor The Life, Letters, and Literary Labours of the Rev. John William Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire

by L. (Luke) Tyerman

The Oxford Methodists : Memoirs of the Rev. Messrs. Clayton, Ingham, Gambold, Hervey, and Broughton, with biographical notices of others

The Oxford Methodists : Memoirs of the Rev. Messrs. Clayton, Ingham, Gambold, Hervey, and Broughton, with biographical notices of others

by L. (Luke) Tyerman

The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume 2 (of 2)

The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume 2 (of 2)

by L. (Luke) Tyerman

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 3 (of 3)

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 3 (of 3)

by L. (Luke) Tyerman

About the author

Born in Osmotherley in 1820, Luke Tyerman was an English Wesleyan minister who entered the ministry in 1842. After more than twenty years of preaching, he became a supernumerary minister in 1864 and devoted himself mainly to literary work.

He is best known for substantial historical and biographical studies of major Methodist figures. His books include The Life and Times of the Reverend Samuel Wesley, the three-volume The Life and Times of the Rev. John Wesley, The Oxford Methodists, Wesley's Designated Successor, The Life of the Reverend John Fletcher, and The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield.

Tyerman died on March 20, 1889. While brief biographical information about him is harder to find than the books themselves, the record that does survive shows a writer deeply committed to documenting the people and ideas that shaped early Methodism.