author
W. H. (William Henry) Withrow
1839–1908
A Canadian Methodist minister, editor, and storyteller, he spent decades shaping religious reading for a wide audience while also writing popular historical and adventure books. His work ranged from church history to fiction for young readers, giving him a distinctive place in nineteenth-century Canadian literature.
3 Audiobooks
Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812
by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow
The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity
by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow
Valeria, the Martyr of the Catacombs: A Tale of Early Christian Life in Rome
by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow
About the author
Born in Toronto on August 6, 1839, William Henry Withrow was educated at Toronto Academy, Victoria College in Cobourg, and the University of Toronto, where he earned a B.A. in 1863. He entered the Methodist ministry in the 1860s and served congregations in places including Waterford, Montreal, Hamilton, Toronto, and Niagara.
Withrow became especially influential as an editor. In 1874 he was appointed editor of the Canadian Methodist Magazine and Sunday school periodicals, a role he held for more than three decades. Alongside that work, he wrote extensively, producing religious books, biographies, historical writing, and fiction.
He is remembered both as a church leader and as a prolific author whose books helped bring Canadian history and Christian themes to general readers. He died in Toronto on November 12, 1908.