death_date birth_date article_title name occupation
6 july 1912 22 december 1839 thomas bowman stephenson
 thomas bowman stephenson methodist minister
thomas bowman stephenson

thomas bowman stephenson -lrb- 22 december 1839 -- 6 july 1912 -rrb- was a methodist minister .
he founded what was to become the national children 's home in 1869 .
he later founded the wesleyan deaconesses in 1890 .
in 1891 he was elected president of the methodist conference .
he was a member of the london school board .
he retired in 1907 and died in london on 6 july 1912 .
