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Martha Routh or Martha Winter (25 June, 1743 – 18 July, 1817) was a British Quaker minister and writer. ==Life== Martha Winter was the last child, born in Stourbridge, in 1743 to Henry and Jane Winter. She had nine siblings although only five survived childhood.〔(Memoir of the Life, travels and religious experience of Martha Routh. Written by herself, or compiled from her own narrative ), Martha Routh, 1822〕 By the age of 24 she was the head of a Quaker boarding school in Nottingham after starting to teach there when she was seventeen. She was made a minister in 1773 and after her marriage to Richard Routh in 1776 she devoted herself to Quaker ministry and over the next few years she went to all parts of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1794 she went on a tour of America preaching the gospel with John Wigham from Scotland. She was there for over three years and she traveled about 11,000 miles. She returned again in 1801. Routh died in Spitalfields in 1817.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martha Routh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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