Introduction

Biography

Alfred was the son of gar­den­er John Dy­er and Eli­za­beth Jones.

A Quak­er and mem­ber of the An­glo-Ori­ent­al So­ci­ety for the Sup­pres­sion of the Op­ium Trade, he is re­mem­bered as a mor­al re­form­er. In 1880, he, Quak­er bank­er George Gi­llet, and Ben­ja­min Scott, Cham­ber­lain of the Ci­ty of Lon­don, formed the Lon­don Com­mit­tee for the Ex­po­sure of and Sup­pres­sion of the Traf­fic in Eng­lish, Scotch and Ir­ish Girls for the Pur­pos­es of Pros­ti­tu­tion. In 1881, he found­ed and be­gan ed­it­ing the Sen­ti­nel, a pu­ri­ty jour­nal.

Works

• A He­ro from the Forge: A Bio­graph­ic­al Sketch of Eli­hu Bur­ritt (Lon­don, 1877)
• The Eu­ro­pe­an Slave Trade in Eng­lish Girls: A Nar­ra­tive of Facts (Lon­don: Dy­er Bro­thers, 1880)
• Facts for Men on Mo­ral Pu­ri­ty and Health (Lon­don: Dy­er Bro­thers, 1884)
• Word Pic­tures of Chi­nese Life: Il­lus­trat­ing an Un­closed Chap­ter of His­to­ry (Lon­don: All Na­tions Mis­sion­ary Un­ion, 1905)
• The Book Tri­umph­ant and In­fal­li­ble