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Lachlin Taylor

TAYLOR, Lachlin, Canadian clergyman, born in Killean, Argyllshire, Scotland, 18 June, 1815 ; died in Brackley Point, Prince Edward island, 4 September, 1881. He received his early education in Glasgow, and in 1832 came with his father's family to Canada, where he engaged in teaching. In 1843 he was ordained a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist church, ministered successively at Bytown (now Ottawa), Kingston, Hamilton, Toronto, and Montreal, and, after visiting Great Britain, was appointed in 1851 agent of the Upper Canada Bible society. In 1857 he was a delegate to the meeting of the Evangelical alliance at Berlin, and he subsequently represented Canada at the annual meeting of the British and foreign Bible society. In 1863-'4, in connection with the work of the society, he traversed British Columbia, California, New Mexico, and Central America, and on his return was appointed secretary and treasurer of the missionary society. From 1874 till 1877 Dr. Taylor was employed by the Dominion government to stimulate emigration from Great Britain to Canada. He visited at one time Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor, Turkey, Greece, and Italy, and lectured on those countries. He received the degree of D. D.

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