Edward Backhouse

For the British Army officer, see Edward Backhouse (British Army officer).

Edward Backhouse (1808–1879) was a Quaker philanthropist and writer on church history. He was also one of the founding fathers of the Sunderland Echo newspaper. He was recognised as having the gift of vocal ministry in 1854.[1]

  1. ^ ODNB article by Leslie Stephen, 'Backhouse, Edward (1808–1879)’m', rev. K. D. Reynolds, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [1], accessed 21 Oct 2012