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Letter, 30 March 1850
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CA MUA MG 1022-2-1-015-0007
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30 March 1850 (Creation)
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- Tidman, Arthur, 1792-1868
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- London (England)
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(1792-1868)
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Rev. Arthur Tidman was born on November 14, 1792, in Mickleton, Gloucestershire, England.
He was a Congregational clergyman, missionary, and diplomat. He was educated for the medical profession but afterwards studied theology with Rev. George Collison. He was ordained in 1813 and commenced missionary work in Sidmouth. In 1818, he received a call from Frome, and in 1828, he settled at Barbican Chapel, London. He served as one of the first secretaries of the Congregational Union of England and Wales and was a Secretary of the Irish Evangelical Society. During the last years of his pastorate, he held the office of the Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society (1839-1868).
In 1816, he married Anne Ryall (1792–). He died on March 8, 1868, in London, England.
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Letter from A. Tidman to Rev. James Waddell, written from London.