Abbot, Robert (fl. c. 1589–1652), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was most probably the Robert Abbot who graduated BA from Peterhouse, Cambridge, in 1605 and was incorporated MA at Oxford on 14 July 1607. Nothing is known of his family background and early life, but in 1639 he wrote '...
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Abbot, Robert (fl. c. 1589–1652), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Jacqueline Eales
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Ackroyd, Peter Runham (1917–2005), Old Testament scholar
Ronald E. Clements
Ackroyd, Peter Runham (1917–2005), Old Testament scholar, was born on 15 September 1917 at 66 Stone Hill Road, Derby, the son of Jabez Robert Ackroyd, Congregational minister, and his wife, Winifred, née Brown. When the family moved to Harrow, Middlesex, he attended the county boys' school. He matriculated from ...
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Adams, Thomas (1631/2–1670), ejected minister and writer on Christian doctrine
Caroline L. Leachman
Adams, Thomas (1631/2–1670), ejected minister and writer on Christian doctrine, was born at Woodchurch parsonage, Cheshire, one of at least three sons of Charles Adams and his wife, Isabel Bennet 'the daughter of a worthy gentleman'—Thomas Bennet, from the same parish (...
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Alexandre, Pierre [pseud. Simon Alexius] (c. 1498–1563), prior of Arras and theologian
Richard Copsey
Alexandre, Pierre [pseud. Simon Alexius] (c. 1498–1563), prior of Arras and theologian, was born in Arras where he entered the Carmelite priory. He studied theology at Paris, gaining his doctorate there on 11 December 1534. This suggests he was born about 1498. Having become Carmelite prior at ...
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Alford, Henry (1810–1871)
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Alford, Henry (1810–1871), dean of Canterbury and biblical scholar
W. H. Fremantle
revised by Roger T. Stearn
Alford, Henry (1810–1871), dean of Canterbury and biblical scholar, was born at 25 Alfred Place, Bedford Square, London, on 10 October 1810, the son of the Revd Henry Alford (1782–1852), an evangelical and the son and grandson of evangelical clergy, and his first wife, ...
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Allchin, Arthur Macdonald [Donald] (1930–2010), Church of England clergyman and theologian
D. Densil Morgan
Allchin, Arthur Macdonald [Donald] (1930–2010), Church of England clergyman and theologian, was born at 48 Birch Grove, Acton, London, on 20 April 1930, the third son and youngest of four surviving children of Frank Macdonald Allchin (1891–1977), physician, and his wife, Louise Maude, ...
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Alleine, Joseph (bap. 1634, d. 1668), ejected minister and devotional writer
Brian W. Kirk
Alleine, Joseph (bap. 1634, d. 1668), ejected minister and devotional writer, was born in a house next to the Poultry Market, Devizes, Wiltshire, and baptized on 8 April 1634, at St John's Church, there, the fourth child of Tobias Alleine (d. 1667)...
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Allen, Robert (fl. 1582–1612), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Richard L. Greaves
Allen, Robert (fl. 1582–1612), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was probably the Robert Alen who matriculated as a sizar at Pembroke College, Cambridge, at Easter 1582 and graduated BA in 1585–6 and MA in 1589. In the epistle dedicatory to The Doctrine of the Gospel...
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Allen, William (d. 1686), religious writer and controversialist
N. H. Keeble
Allen, William (d. 1686), religious writer and controversialist, went to London about 1630. Nothing is known of his earlier life. In 1640 or 1641 he joined the church ministered to by John Goodwin, vicar of St Stephen, Coleman Street, London. He continued as a member when in 1645 it adopted congregational principles, and subsequently he became an elder. ...
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Allenson, John (d. 1619), Church of England clergyman and literary editor
Roger N. McDermott
Allenson, John (d. 1619), Church of England clergyman and literary editor, was born in Durham. He matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1576, and the same year moved to St John's College as an Ashton scholar. He graduated BA in 1580, was ordained deacon at ...
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Allestree, Richard (b. before 1582, d. c. 1643), almanac maker and mathematician
Bernard Capp
Allestree, Richard (b. before 1582, d. c. 1643), almanac maker and mathematician, was a younger son of William Allestree (b. before 1520, d. 1581) and his wife, Ellen. The family lived at Alvaston and Derby. Richard was an uncle of the famous royalist divine ...
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Allies, Thomas William (1813–1903), theologian and Roman Catholic convert
W. B. Owen
revised by G. Martin Murphy
Allies, Thomas William (1813–1903), theologian and Roman Catholic convert, born at Midsomer Norton, Somerset, on 12 February 1813, was the son of Thomas Allies, curate of Henbury, Bristol, and later rector of Wormington, and his wife, Frances Elizabeth Fripp, daughter of a Bristol...
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Allix, Peter [Pierre] (1641–1717), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
Vivienne Larminie
Allix, Peter [Pierre] (1641–1717), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was the son of Pierre Allix, pastor of the Reformed church at Alençon in Normandy. After education at the protestant academy at Saumur, where in 1664 he participated in a disputation published as ...
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Ames, William (1576–1633), theologian and university teacher
Keith L. Sprunger
Ames, William (1576–1633), theologian and university teacher, was born at Ipswich, the son of William Ames, merchant, and his wife, Joane Snelling, also from a Suffolk merchant family. Both of these families were substantial folk. William had one sister, Elizabeth. When the two were quite young, the parents died, and ...
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Anderdon, John Lavicount (1792–1874), writer on angling and devotional subjects
W. P. Courtney
revised by Wray Vamplew
Anderdon, John Lavicount (1792–1874), writer on angling and devotional subjects, was born in Bristol on 5 April 1792, the third son of John Proctor Anderdon (1760–1846), and his first wife, Anne, née Oliver. After some time at the Ealing preparatory school of ...
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Anderson, Anthony (d. 1593), Church of England clergyman and theological writer
Gary W. Jenkins
Anderson, Anthony (d. 1593), Church of England clergyman and theological writer, is said by Tanner to have been born in Lancashire. Between 1560 and 1569 he was the archdeacon of Leicester's commissary, and in the latter year investigated the case of one Agnes Bowker...
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Anderson, Sir (James) Norman Dalrymple (1908–1994), missionary, jurist, and writer on religion
Todd M. Thompson
Anderson, Sir (James) Norman Dalrymple (1908–1994), missionary, jurist, and writer on religion, was born on 29 September 1908 at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, the second son and last of the four children of William Dalrymple Anderson (d. 1946), grain merchant, and his wife, Lilian Maud, ...
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Anderton, James [pseud. John Brereley] (1557–1613), religious controversialist
Michael Mullett
Anderton, James [pseud. John Brereley] (1557–1613), religious controversialist, was the eldest son of the lawyer and magistrate Christopher Anderton, and his wife, Dorothy, née Anderton. On his father's death in 1592 James inherited his large estate at Lostock near Bolton in Lancashire...
