Gender Male
Born in 1789 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, John Emory studied for a career in law before finding his calling in the ministry.
Pious, personable, and scholarly, he served prestigious churches in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C., before being elected to the episcopacy in 1832. He founded the influential Quarterly Review and helped
to establish Wesleyan University, in Connecticut. He was outspoken in raising standards of education for Methodist preachers and in advocating for education of women as well as men.
