John Alfred Langford
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John Alfred Langford was an English journalist, poet and antiquary in Birmingham.
John Alfred Langford, 1863 portrait
The Church of the Saviour in Edward Street, Birmingham, was a liberal Unitarian church founded in 1845 for the liberal nonconformist preacher, George Dawson. It became the centre of the programme of s
John Alfred Langford
…for self-help. In 1846 Langford became secretary of the newly established Birmingham Co-operative Society. In August 1847 he joined the new Unitarian Church of the Saviour, founded by George Dawson, originator of the doctrine of the "Civic Gospel". In the winter of 1850–1 he taught evening classes in the schools of Dawson's…
The Church of the Saviour