James Barnett Taylor

James Barnett Taylor was a Baptist minister, foreign mission leader, and author born in England in 1804 and later active in Virginia. He served as pastor of the Second Baptist Church in Richmond and as secretary of foreign missions for the Southern Baptist Convention from 1846 to 1871, and he wrote works including *Memoir of Luther Rice*, *Life of Lott Carey*, and *Lives of Virginia Baptist Ministers*.[1][3]