About the Author

A banker by profession, John Lander is now retired. He is a non-executive director of Peninsula Community Health CIC, a governor of Truro & Penwith College, a member of the Cornish Methodist Historical Association committee, and a trustee of MIST (Methodist Independent Schools Trust). John has a PhD from The Open University following a thesis about a 19th century Methodist sect. He writes on a variety of Cornish social and church history topics.