Rev’d George Burder
- Mezzotint: 245 x 340mm
- Painted by: H.W. Pickersgill
- Engraved by: H. Meyer, London
- Published on: 16th August 1812, by R. Cribb & Son, 288 High Holborn
Revd. George Burder, is known to have been alive between 1752-1832, but whether these are his exact dates has yet to be proved. He was a Nonconformist divine, in early manhood an engraver, but in 1776 he began preaching.
He was one of the founders of the British and Foreign Bible Society and the Religious Tract Society, and Secretary of the [London] Missionary Society. Author of Village Sermons &c.
He came from Coventry, and wrote the tune BETHEL in August 1777, and also LUTON. In 1783 he was appointed as minister to the West Orchard Street Chapel, Coventry, where he remained until 1803.
In 1813 he had a Meeting House at Homerton. [This is believed to be the City of London Union Chapel, Homerton, Hackney. See http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish/hackney.htm]