Brown, William Shrieve

Brown, William Shrieve an English Baptist minister, was born at Swaffham, Norfolk, September 5, 1802. He gave his heart to God and was baptized July 21, 1822, and removed to Bury St. Edmunds in the autumn of 1825. He began to preach in 1833, and labored about two years at Bardwell, in Suffolk. He was recognised as pastor of the Church at Attleborough, Norfolk, January 7, 1836, where he labored with great success for about thirty-eight years. He retired from the active work at the close of 1873, and died January 13, 1874. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1875, page 275.