Ryerson, John

(1800-1878). Born in Norfolk, Ontario. Educated at the public schools. In 1818 became a Wesley an preacher, and active for many years in the establishment of mi ionary and other institutions of the Methodist-Episcopal Church. In 1854 sent by the Canadian Conference of that church on a visit to the mi ions of the London Wesley an Committee in the North-West Territories. The result of his investigation was the transfer of the mi ions to Canadian control. Index : R President of Canada Conference Mi ionary Society, his views on proposed entry of British Methodists into Upper Canada, 89-90; his e ays on the Methodists, 273; closely a ociated with Egerton Ryerson in Methodist Conference, etc., 281. Bib. : Hudson's Bay, or, A Mi ionary Tour .