Groves, Anthony Norris (1795-1853)
Place of Birth: Newton, Hampshire, England
Description: Missionary to Baghdad and India; one of the earliest of the Plymouth Brethren
Background: Studied in London; brought to the Lord through Miss Paget
Occupations and Christian Work: Practiced dentistry in London and Plymouth (1813); pastored small church near Exeter; studied at Trinity College, Dublin, with a view to taking orders; met Darby in Dublin; went to Baghdad as first Brethren missionary worker; later to India (1833) for 19 years as missionary
Place of Death: Died in home of brother-in-law, George Müller
Biography: G.H. Lang, Anthony Norris Groves, London: The Paternoster Press, 1949.
