death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
teignmouth , devon 7 october 1900 leeds , england british 20 may 1823 christian evangelism robert arthington
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robert arthington

robert arthington -lrb- 20 may 1823 -- 7 october 1900 -rrb- was a british investor , philanthropist and premillennialist .
he was the son of a wealthy brewery owner from whom he inherited his fortune .
he was brought up in a prosperous family of quakers , but converted to protestantism .
although he was an excellent student at cambridge university , he did not earn any degree .
he devoted his life and wealth to christian evangelism .
he committed himself to a life of tramp and a recluse , minimising his entire expenditure on his own welfare .
this was due to his strong premillennialism that when the gospel of jesus is spread to the entire world , then the second coming of christ would happen .
he was the benefactor to the success of baptist missionary society and london missionary society , thereby becoming the principal factor in the spread of protestantism , modernisation and formal education in the remotest parts of the world .
