stavanger, 18 Feb 1849. He studied law at Christiania, but never practised.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
Immediately on arriving at stavanger, the Friends commenced visiting the families of the Friends in the town and on the adjacent islands; and on the next First-day held a meeting about eleven miles up one of the fiords, to which so many flocked from all directions that they were obliged to assemble in the open air:- It was, says J.Y., a lovely sight to see so many clean-dressed peasants, in their mountain costume, with a seriousness in their countenances which indicated that a motive better than curiosity had brought them together.
"Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel"
John Yeardley
They were going, first of all, to stavanger-then to Bergen-then further north.
"Ravensdene Court"
J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher