Charles W. L. Christien was born in 1839, a native of London, England. His father was John Christien a School teacher, the family originating from France. Charles William Liquorice Christien was educated in Devonshire and was religiously educated in the Church of England. He became a Wesleyan minister in 1859, his first church being at Holsworth, Devon. He was married to Adela Ann Rayner in 1873 at Doncaster, where he was serving the church and the community. His literary work for religious journals both in the United Kingdom and America were closely read. A number of these survive in the British Library and the Oxford Bodleian Library. Some of the books he wrote, such as David Watson; or The Good Pays, published in 1902, are still availab… Go to person page >
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