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Whitehead, John, M.D a biographer of Wesley, was born in 1740. He studied medicine, and became physician to the old Bethlehem Hospital, Moorfields, London. From 1764 to 1769 he travelled as a Methodist preacher, returning again to his professional duties. He was a Quaker for some years, but afterwards returned to the Methodists. He was … Continue reading “Whitehead, John, M.D”

Whitehead, George an eminent public preacher of the Quakers, was born at Sunbigg, in the parish of Orton,Westmoreland, England, about 1636. He was educated at the free school of Blencoe, in Cumberland; taught school for a time; began to travel as a Quaker preacher before he was eighteen years old; was several times imprisoned, and … Continue reading “Whitehead, George”

Whitehead, David an eminent English divine of the 16th century, was born at Tuderley, in Hampshire. He was educated at Oxford; became chaplain to Anne Boleyn; retired to Frankfort, in Germany, during the reign of queen Mary, and there became pastor to the English congregation; returned to England on the accession of queen Elizabeth, and … Continue reading “Whitehead, David”

Whitehead, Alfred North British philosopher. Born in 1861. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1911-14. Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at University College, London, 1914-24. Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. From 1924 until retirement in 1938, Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. Among his most important philosophical … Continue reading “Whitehead, Alfred North”

Whitefield, J.G., D.D a minister of the Methodist Protestant Church, was born in Virginia, September 10, 1810. He was converted when seventeen years of age; in August 1829, was licensed to preach, and in the following September went to his first appointment. For nearly fifty years he was a faithful minister of the Gospel. He … Continue reading “Whitefield, J.G., D.D”

Whitefield, James, D.D a Roman Catholic prelate, wis born in Liverpool, England, November 3, 1770. Having received a good education he engaged for some time in mercantile pursuits, but abandoned this work for the study of divinity which he prosecuted under Dr. Ambroise Marechal. He was ordained a priest in 1809, settled in Baltimore, Maryland, … Continue reading “Whitefield, James, D.D”

Whitefield, George a pre-eminent evangelist and founder of the Calvinistic branch of the Methodists, was a native of Gloucester, England, in the Bell Inn of which town (his father being a tavern-keeper) he was born, Dec. 16, 1714. His father having died while George was yet young, the boy’s education devolved solely on his mother, … Continue reading “Whitefield, George”

White, William Spottswood, D.D a Presbyterian minister, was born in Hanover County, Virginia, July 30, 1800. He attended Hampden-Sidney College, studied theology under Dr. John H. Rice, and was licensed to preach in 1827; labored in Nottoway, Amelia, Lunenberg, and Dinwiddie counties, Virginia; in 1832 became pastor at Scottsville, in 1834 agent of the American … Continue reading “White, William Spottswood, D.D”

White, William, D.D a Protestant Episcopal bishop, was born in Philadelphia, March 26,1748. He passed A.B. at Philadelphia College in 1765, and was soon after ordained in England. On his return to America in 1772, he became associate minister of Christ Church and St. Peter’s, Philadelphia, where he continued till the Revolution. In 1777- he … Continue reading “White, William, D.D”

White, Thomas (1), D.D an English clergyman, was born at Bristol about 1550; was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, where he graduated about 1570; took holy orders, and preached frequently; received the living of St. Gregory’s in London; became vicar of St. Dunstan’s, Fleet Street, in 1575; was made prebendary of Mora, St. Paul’s, in … Continue reading “White, Thomas (1), D.D”