William Kelynack [SEP] date of death
William Kelynack
The Rev Dr William Kelynack (22 May 1831 – 1 November 1891) was a Cornish Australian Methodist minister, President of Newington College, and President of the General Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Early life.
Kelynack was born at Newlyn, Cornwall, and was educated in Penzance. He briefly taught in a private school before taking up mercantile pursuits. Aged 18, he became a local preacher and four years later entered the Wesleyan ministry.
Australian ministry.
Kelynack arrived in Sydney
: an impeccable piece of realistic fiction, with routine material transcended by art at its most clear-eyed and unpretentious".
- Martyn Goff in the "Daily Telegraph" writes "It is difficult to convey the marvellous quality of this book. Constance Keating is a major fictional portrait, her death finally noble".
Publication history.
- 1981, UK, Hamish Hamilton, , Pub date 17 Sep 1981, Hardback
- 1982, US, William Morrow, , Pub date Jan 1982, Hardback