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Frederick James Jobson

President of the Methodist Conference

Died when: 68 years 182 days (821 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

Frederick James Jobson

Rev.Frederick James Jobson D.D. (6 July 1812 – 4 Jan 1881) - commonly styled F.J.Jobson - painter, architect and Wesleyan Methodist minister, became President of the Methodist Conference in 1869, and Treasurer of the Wesleyan Methodist Foreign Mission Society, 1869–1882.

Alongside his important role in encouraging Methodist architecture, he was the author of devotional, architectural, biographical and travel books - which, combined with his role superintending the Wesleyan Methodist Magazine for over a decade and related duties - led to a great expansion of Methodist publishing.

His topographical paintings provide a further legacy.

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