Dwight, Timothy
Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), a distinguished Congregational minister and educator, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. His mother was the daughter of Jonathan Edwards.
Timothy Dwight (1752-1817), a distinguished Congregational minister and educator, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. His mother was the daughter of Jonathan Edwards.
Alexander Duff (1806-1878) was the first missionary to India from the Church of Scotland. He established the University of Calcutta in 1830.
Philip Dodderidge (1702-1751), one of the most distinguished Congregational ministers of the eighteenth century, was the youngest of 20 children.
John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) was the founder of the Plymouth Brethren.
Thascius Caecilius Cyprian (c. 200-258) was the son of a wealthy Roman officer. He led a privileged life as a young man and received an excellent education. As an adult he became a Christian and turned his back on his family’s affluence to embrace the study of the Scriptures and asceticism.
Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby Van Alstyne (1820-1915) was the most prolific and perhaps the most popular writer of Sunday school hymns that America has ever produced.
Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury, was born in Nottinghamshire, England, and studied at Jesus College, Cambridge for eight years. In 1523 he became a university preacher.
William Cowper (1731-1800) was born in Hertfordshire, England. His father, Reverend John Cowper, was a chaplain to George II. He spent ten years in Westminster School and then began reading law; abandoning it for literature after a very brief practice.
Miles Coverdale (1488-1568) was an English Bible translator. He was born in Yorkshire and studied philosophy and theology at Cambridge. He was ordained priest at Norwich in 1514 and then entered an Augustinian monastery.
Constantine the Great (c. 280-337), the first Christian Roman Emperor, was installed by Roman troops in 306 after distinguishing himself in the Egyptian and Persian wars during the reign of Diocletian.