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Letter, 17 July 1876
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Rev. Arthur Beanland was born on December 9, 1828, in Great Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.
He was converted to Primitive Methodist in his 14th year. Soon after the conversion, Arthur became a Sunday School teacher. In 1846, he became a local preacher and entered the ministry in 1852. He also studied geology and was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1873. He was the author of “Glances through the gates: or, sketches of paradise”, 1873 and “The world before Adam: or, geological footprints of Jehovah”, 1876.
He died on December 6, 1883, in Long Ditton, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England.
Letter from Arthur Beanland to John William Dawson, written from Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, England.