Early Life and Spiritual Formation William Bowden was born in 1803 in England. He was converted in early adulthood during a period of evangelical revival that emphasized personal faith, obedience to Scripture, and missionary responsibility. Bowden was deeply influenced by the growing conviction among early Brethren that the…
Early Life and Hardship John Kitto was born in 1804 in Plymouth, England, into very humble circumstances. His early life was marked by severe hardship. At the age of twelve, he suffered a tragic accident—falling from a rooftop—that left him permanently deaf. This disability drastically altered the course…
Early Life & Conversion Richard Hill was born on December 23, 1799. He received his education at Exeter College, Oxford, preparing initially for ministry within the Established Church of England. His early clerical appointments included a first curacy at Grade, a village in Cornwall, followed by service as…
Early Life and Naval Career Captain Percy Francis Hall, R.N. was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, in 1804/1805. He entered the Royal Navy and pursued a successful naval career, eventually attaining the rank of Commander. His profession placed him among Britain’s respected military officers at a time when naval…
Early Life and Background James Lampden Harris was born on 13 February 1793, the fifth son of John Harris of Radford, near Plymouth, and one of a very large family. He received a formal education and was duly ordained in the Church of England, entering the Anglican ministry…
Early Life and Naval Service Leonard Strong was born in 1797 into a clerical household; his father was Rector of Brampton Abbots, Herefordshire. At the remarkably young age of twelve and a half, he entered the Royal Navy, serving as a midshipman during the French and American wars.…
Early Life and Naval Formation Captain William Graeme Rhind, R.N., was born at Gillingham, Kent, on 18 December 1794. His father, William Rhind, R.N., died suddenly when his son was only two months old, leaving him to be reared in a family with strong naval tradition. Many relatives…
Early Life and Education Robert Cleaver Chapman was born on 4 January 1803, in Denmark, where his parents were residing at the time. His early upbringing was strongly shaped by his mother, who believed deeply in the formative importance of a child’s earliest years. Until Robert was nine…
Early Life, Education, and Ordination John Marsden Code was born in 1805. He received a distinguished education at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated with the degree of Master of Arts (M.A.). Trained for the Anglican ministry, he was ordained as a clergyman of the Church of England,…
Early Life and Conversion William Trotter was born in 1818. His spiritual life began remarkably early: he was converted at the age of twelve, finding peace with God through the ministry of William Dawson, the Methodist preacher widely known in the North of England as “Billy Dawson.” From…