Beecher, Lyman
Lyman Beecher (1775-1863) was born at New Haven, Connecticut, the descendant of one of the founders of the New Haven colony.
Lyman Beecher (1775-1863) was born at New Haven, Connecticut, the descendant of one of the founders of the New Haven colony.
Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1090-1153), an eminent monk, theologian, scholar, preacher, and poet, was born in Burgundy, France.
Horatius Bonar (1808-1889), a distinguished Presbyterian minister, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Winfrid Boniface (680-755), the apostle of Germany, was born in Devonshire, England and became a monk after studying grammar and theology at Exeter. For a time he was a missionary to Frisia, an area comprised mostly of the modern Netherlands.
William and Catherine Booth (1829-1912 & 1829-1890) were the founders of the Salvation Army.
Edward McKendree (E. M.) Bounds (1835-1913) was a Methodist minister and renowned devotional writer. Bounds was born in Missouri and studied law as a young man.
David Brainerd (1718-1747) was born in Haddam, Connecticut. At the age of 14, he was orphaned.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1809-1861) was scarcely less famous as a poet than her illustrious husband, Robert Browning.
Martin Bucer (1491-1551) was a German Protestant reformer. Bucer entered the Dominican order in 1506.
John Bunyan (1628-1688) was a Baptist preacher and writer. Bunyan grew up in Bedford, England, joined the army as a teenager, and later became a tinker, the trade of his father.