John Clifford

John Clifford (born Oct. 16, 1836, Sawley, Derbyshire, Eng.—died Nov. 20, 1923, London) was an evangelical Baptist minister and social reformer active in the British labour movement. He was the first president of the Baptist World Alliance. Clifford began work in a lace factory at the age of 10. In 1855 he was sent to the General Baptist Academy in Leicester, and in 1858 he became minister of Praed Street Chapel, Paddington. By 1877 the...