This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ... VII. ELIZABETH FRY, r VII. ELIZABETH FRY. THIS distinguished philanthropist and prison reformer was the daughter of John Gurney, of Earlham, Norfolk, and Catherine, his wife, daughter of Daniel Bell, a London merchant. Mrs. Bell was granddaughter of Robert Barclay, the well-known apologist of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ... VII. ELIZABETH FRY, r VII. ELIZABETH FRY. THIS distinguished philanthropist and prison reformer was the daughter of John Gurney, of Earlham, Norfolk, and Catherine, his wife, daughter of Daniel Bell, a London merchant. Mrs. Bell was granddaughter of Robert Barclay, the well-known apologist of the Quakers, so that on both sides Elizabeth Fry was descended from families occupying prominent positions in the Society of Friends. The Gurney family is a very ancient one, and can trace an uninterrupted line to the Norman lords of Gournay-en-Brai, in Normandy. From the time of William Rufus, these Norman lords held lands in Norfolk, and their successors still dwell in the county. One of Mrs. Fry's ancestors, John Gurney, espoused the principles of George Fox, and became one of the first members of the Society of Friends. Elizabeth Fry was born at Norwich, on the 21st of May, 1780, but when she was six years of age the family removed to Earlham Hall, a charming property in the centre of a well-wooded park, through which flows the river Wensum, a clear, winding stream. Mr. and Mrs. Gurney were not strict Quakers in garb and speech, and their numerous children were also brought up with more knowledge and enjoyment of the world than is usually the case. Nevertheless, Mrs. Gurney, who was a woman of a noble and beautiful spirit, trained up her daughters in ways of usefulness and wisdom, and in the fear of the Lord. Like her celebrated daughter, it was her earnest desire that when dead she might yet speak, and that others might be stimulated by her example to follow her, as she desired and endeavoured to follow Christ. Her diary shows that she was anxious to give her daughters a wide, intellectual training, including the study of Latin, French, ..
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