Life

Jacob Post was born at Whitefriars in London on 12 September 1755. His parents, John and Rosamund Post, enrolled him at the relatively new Ackworth School

Ackworth School

Ackworth School is an independent school located in the village of High Ackworth, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It is one of eight Quaker Schools in England. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and SHMIS . The Head is Kathryn Bell, who succeeded...

 in Yorkshire which was run by the Society of Friends. By 1787 Post moved to Islington and wrote in support of the emerging evangelical section of the Quakers. In 1812 he founded a local section of the Bible Society

Bible society

A Bible society is a non-profit organization devoted to translating, publishing, distributing the Bible at affordable costs and advocating its credibility and trustworthiness in contemporary cultural life...

. In 1837, his eighteen year old son died and the following year he published Extracts from the Diary of Frederick James Post under joint authorship.

In 1840 his portrait was included with other notables in a painting of the 1840 Anti-Slavery Convention in London. His wife, Elizabeth Post, died in 1844 and Post died in 1855 at his house in Islington

Islington

Islington is a neighbourhood in Greater London, England and forms the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is a district of Inner London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...

. Besides two children's books, Post published several other books including a memoir of the founders of the Society of Friends George Fox

George Fox

George Fox was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends.The son of a Leicestershire weaver, Fox lived in a time of great social upheaval and war...

 and William Penn

William Penn

William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful...

, the founder of Pennsylvania.

Works include

• Extracts from the Diary of Frederick James Post and other Manuscripts, with a Memoir (1838)
• Some Popular Customs amongst Christians questioned and compared with Gospel Precepts and Examples (1839)
• On the History and Mystery of (those called) the Sacraments; shewing them to be Jewish Institutions... (1846)
• The Bible: the Book for All, (1848)
• Popular Memoir of W. Penn, (1850)
• A Brief Memoir of George Fox … for the Information of Strangers (1854)