13 Facts About Josiah Forster

Josiah Forster was an English teacher and philanthropist.

Josiah Forster was an early member of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 and a supporter of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Josiah Forster became a teacher at the school his grandfather, Josiah Forster, had founded in Tottenham.

Josiah Forster started another school in 1805 in Southgate that eventually moved to Tottenham in 1820.

Josiah Forster ran this school until 1826 when he decided to devote more time to his Quaker interests.

Josiah Forster's wife had already been made a minister in 1810, and shortly afterward he began sitting on Quaker committees; in 1817 he became an elder of the church.

Josiah Forster campaigned for anti-slavery and worked for the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Josiah Forster held the senior position of clerk to the Annual meeting of British Quakers from 1820 to 1831.

In 1838, Josiah Forster accompanied Elizabeth Fry, her husband, Lydia Irving and William Allen on Friend's business and a tour and inspection of prisons in France.

Josiah Forster accompanied his brother, William, in 1853 when they and two others visited the American president, Franklin Pierce, and journeyed to spread the news around the governors of the southern American states.

Josiah Forster attended the annual meeting of the British Quakers until his death in 1870.

Josiah Forster was a long and valued supporter of the evangelical work of publishing and distributing Bibles.

Besides working at his grandfather's school, Josiah Forster helped to found the Grove House School in 1828 and he served on the management committee of the Lancasterian Boys' School in Tottenham.