# George Playter

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**George Frederick Playter** (31 August 1809 – 24 October 1866) was a Canadian [minister](/source/Minister_(Christianity)), historian, and author who wrote *The History of Methodism in Canada: With an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Work of God Among the Canadian Indian Tribes; and Occasional Notices of the Civil Affairs of the Province*. It was published in [Toronto](/source/Toronto) by Anson Green, 1862.[1]

Born in England in 1809, in 1832 Playter immigrated to Montreal, where he was hired as a printer.[2] He was a minister of the [Wesleyan Methodist Church](/source/Methodist) in Toronto and elsewhere throughout [Eastern Ontario](/source/Eastern_Ontario). His frequently cited book, *The History of Methodism in Canada*, was published as volume 1. Playter died before volume 2 could be published.[3]

From 1844 to 1846, Playter was editor of *[The Christian Guardian](/source/The_Christian_Guardian)*, the predecessor of today's *[United Church Observer](/source/United_Church_Observer)*, one of the oldest and most respected church publications in Canada.[4]

## References

1. OCLC [3180564](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3180564)

1. G. S. French. ["PLAYTER, GEORGE FREDERICK"](http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/playter_george_frederick_9E.html)

1. Canadian Methodist Historical Society. ["Canadian Methodist Ministers 1800–1925"](http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cancmhs/p-r.htm). Canadian Methodist Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-08-20.

1. Ken Russell. ["Wellington County Methodists 1825–1925"](http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~methodists/guardian.htm). Ken Russell. Retrieved 2008-10-04.

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