Daniel Wheeler

Daniel Wheeler (1771–1840) was a Quaker.

Biography

Daniel Wheeler, British Quaker, minister, teacher and missionary in Russia and the South Pacific.

1771 Born 27 November 1771 to William and Sarah Wheeler in London, England
1777 His father William Wheeler dies.
1783 Midshipman, Royal Navy. Mother Sarah Wheeler passes away.
1781 - 1796 Served in army
1790 Joined Quakers
1796 Settled in Handsworth Woodhouse near Sheffield, began in seed trade
1798 Received as a member of the Quakers
1809 Moved to a country farm with sister's family
1816 Accepted as Quaker minister
1817 Met with Russian Czar Alexander I and became manager of imperial farms at Ohkta near St. Petersburg, Russia
1818 22 June 1818 moved 20 members of his family and others to his farm at Shoosharry, Russia (Shushari)
1818 - 1828, Ohkta and Shoosharry farms, 3,000 acres (12 km²) of swamp drained and became model farms.
1828 - 1831 Visited England: made missionary voyage in Polynesia and Australasia
1831 Returned to Shoosharry (Shushari, Russia) where 500 employees worked under supervision of his son William.
1833 - departs London for 'voyage of concern' to Australia and the Pacific
1835 - visits Society Islands
1836 - visits Hawaiian Islands
1838 - returns to London from Pacific voyage
1839 - Missionary tour in North America
1839 - Book edition of journal and letters from the Pacific published in London
1840 Died 12 June 1840 in New York after illness during the sea voyage to America. Buried in Friend's cemetery on Orchard St. New York
1835 - 1839 Letters Journals published
1842 Memoirs published by his son
2014 - Daniel Wheeler's name is given to an alley in Shushary, a suburb in the South of St. Petersburg, Russia (Вилеровский переулок; 59.811636, 30.360407).

References

Extracts from the Letters and Journal of Daniel Wheeler: While Engaged in a Religious Visit to the Inhabitants of Some of the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales, and New Zealand, Accompanied by His Son, Charles Wheeler, published 1840
Memoirs of the Life and Gospel Labors of the Late Daniel Wheeler, Harvey & Dutton, 1 January 1842, ASIN: B002BQL15, Yoriginally published 1842.
Quaker Pioneers in Russia, Cornell University Library, 1 June 2009, ISBN 1-112-17703-5 Originally published 1902.
Memoirs of the life and gospel labours of Daniel Wheeler, a minister of the society of Friends by Daniel Wheeler (Originally published 1843)
Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Wheeler, Daniel" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 60. London: Smith, Elder & Co.