Category Archives: Non-conformist

Joseph Mede

Joseph Mede  -  English Biblical scholar Joseph Mede (or Joseph Mead)  was a Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge from 1613. He is now remembered as a Biblical scholar. He was also a naturalist and Egyptologist. He was a Hebraist, and … Continue reading

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John Angell James

John Angell James (1785-1859) John Angell James was an English Nonconformist clergyman and writer. He was born at Blandford Forum. After seven years apprenticeship to a linen-draper in Poole, Dorset, he decided to become a preacher, and in 1802 he … Continue reading

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Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge  -  Non-conformist and hymn-writer Source: hymntime.com/tch Eighteenth century England produced many excellent hymnwriters whose hymns are still sung today – Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, and the Puritan Philip Doddridge, who died on October 26, 1751. Philip Doddridge was … Continue reading

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