John Dury Geden

[1] In 1844 Geden became a candidate for the Wesleyan ministry, and was sent to Richmond Theological College in Surrey.

By 1851, when the Methodist conference met in Newcastle upon Tyne, Geden was stationed there, a colleague of William Morley Punshon.

[1] On the death of Jonathan Crowther in January 1856, Geden filled the post of tutor at Didsbury College in Lancashire.

Soon after his appointment to Didsbury he became joint editor of the London Quarterly Review, founded in 1853, and contributed to its pages.

[1] In the autumn of 1863 Geden made a journey in the Middle East, through parts of Egypt, the Sinai peninsula, and Palestine.

[1] In 1870 Geden was invited to become a member of the Old Testament Revision Company, and for many years travelled to London to participate.