Richard P. Verrall (1869-1952) was born in Falmer, Sussex, England, and died in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. After attending engineering school in London, he spent three years working as the chief engineer of a steamship at sea. Around that time, he and his sister, Catharine Verrall, were introduced to Christian Science. She was instantaneously healed by reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures in 1891 and joined The First Church of Christ Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1893. She went on to be an early worker in Christian Science in England and was listed as a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal from 1926 until 1941.
Richard immigrated to the United States in 1893 and settled in New York, New York. He studied Christian Science with Mary Baker Eddy's student Augusta E. Stetson and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1894. He was also a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York, and served as First Reader, Sunday school superintendent, and chair of the board of trustees of that church. He was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1897 until 1952.
In 1904 Richard published a reply to an article on Eddy in the New York Daily Tribune that came to Eddy's favorable attention, and she recommended his appointment as Committee on Publication for the state of New York, which he accepted. In 1916 he married Gertrude M. Verrall (b. Morris) in New York. She had joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 6, 1905, and was an early worker in Christian Science in Florence, Italy. She was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1916 until 1963. Richard was appointed to the Christian Science Board of Lectureship in 1944. He had over 130 articles published in the Christian Science periodicals between 1896 and 1952. In the last few months of his life he moved to the Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association.
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Richard P. Verrall (1869-1952) was born in Falmer, Sussex, England, and died in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. After attending engineering school in London, he spent three years working as the chief engineer of a steamship at sea. Around that time, he and his sister, Catharine Verrall, were introduced to Christian Science. She was instantaneously healed by reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures in 1891 and joined The First Church of Christ Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1893. She went on to be an early worker in Christian Science in England and was listed as a practitioner in The Christian Science Journal from 1926 until 1941.
Richard immigrated to the United States in 1893 and settled in New York, New York. He studied Christian Science with Mary Baker Eddy's student Augusta E. Stetson and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1894. He was also a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York, and served as First Reader, Sunday school superintendent, and chair of the board of trustees of that church. He was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1897 until 1952.
In 1904 Richard published a reply to an article on Eddy in the New York Daily Tribune that came to Eddy's favorable attention, and she recommended his appointment as Committee on Publication for the state of New York, which he accepted. In 1916 he married Gertrude M. Verrall (b. Morris) in New York. She had joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 6, 1905, and was an early worker in Christian Science in Florence, Italy. She was listed as a practitioner in the Journal from 1916 until 1963. Richard was appointed to the Christian Science Board of Lectureship in 1944. He had over 130 articles published in the Christian Science periodicals between 1896 and 1952. In the last few months of his life he moved to the Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association.
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