1752–1817

Introduction

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Born: 1752, New­port, Mon­mouth­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Au­gust 24, 1817, Birm­ing­ham, Eng­land.

Buried: Eb­en­ez­er Cha­pel Ce­me­te­ry, Steel­house Lane, Birm­ing­ham, Eng­land.

Pseudonym: Syl­ves­tris.

Biography

Brewer trained for a ca­reer in com­merce, but be­came a con­gre­ga­tion­al min­is­ter ins­tead.

He be­gan preach­ing at age 22, and pas­tored at Rod­bor­ough, Glou­ces­ter­shire; Shef­field (1783); Carr’s Lane Cha­pel, Birm­ing­ham (1798); Rod­bor­ough Bap­tist Church (1799); and the Liv­ery Street Cha­pel, Birm­ing­ham.

A mem­oir of him ap­peared in the Ev­an­ge­li­cal Re­gi­ster, 1835.

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