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Biography

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

1771 Born November 27, 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
Alexander I of Russia
Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....

and became manager of imperial farms at Ohkta near St. Petersburg, Russia
1818 June 22, 1818 moved 20 members of his family and others to his farm at Shoosharry, Russia (Shushari)
1818 - 1828, Ohkta and Shoosharry farms, 3000 acres (12.1 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 - 1838 Missionary tour in North America
1840 Died June 12, 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

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