John Richard Vernon
VERNON, John Richard. b. Louth, Lincolnshire, 1833; d. Williton, Somerset, 30 September 1902. Educated at Hertford College, Oxford, he took Holy Orders (deacon 1860, priest 1861), serving curacies at Sellindge, Kent (1860-64), Cheriton, Kent (1864-67), Newington, Kent (1867-69), Stogumber, Somerset (1869-71) and Streatham, south-west London (1871-74). He was rector of St Audries, West Quantoxhead, Somerset, from 1874 until his death.
Vernon published many books on devotional topics. Probably the best known was The Harvest of a Quiet Eye: leisure thoughts for busy lives (1867), which went through many editions, but he also wrote Christian Burials; some thoughts about churchyards and funerals...
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