John Stock

John Stock

an English Baptist minister, was born in London, December 7, 1817. He began to preach at the age of sixteen, studied two years at University College, London, became pastor at Chatham in 1842, at Devonport in 1857, and died May 3, 1884. In 1867 he visited the United States, and was most cordially received. He published a large number of religious volumes and tracts. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1885, page 157.