Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Burlingham, Charles D a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Greenfield, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1810. He emigrated to the western part of the state with his parents when quite young; had very limited educational advantages, yet prepared himself for school-teaching. and while employed in that profession at Portageville in 1831 he experienced religion. In … Continue reading “Burlingham, Charles D”

Burlingame, Waterman a Baptist minister, was born in Pitcher, N.Y., in 1805. He pursued his studies at the. Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution, and graduated at the Newton Theological Institution in 1836. He was ordained pastor of the Baptist Church in Hingham, Mass., Sept. 29, 1836, where he remained three years; was pastor of the … Continue reading “Burlingame, Waterman”

Burlingame, Maxey Whipple a Free-will Baptist minister, was born in Gloucester, R. I., May 4, 1805. When very young he united with the Church in his native town. His education he acquired at Killingly, Conn., and Wilbraham, Mass. In May, 1828, he was licensed, and he was ordained in 1829. With his early labors as … Continue reading “Burlingame, Maxey Whipple”

Burlingame, James a minister of the so-called Christian denomination, was born at Sterling, Conn., May 13,1794. His opportunities for acquiring an education were of a limited character. When he reached the age of seventeen he was converted, and when twenty-one began to preach. About the time of his baptism, in 1812, a Church had been … Continue reading “Burlingame, James”

Burlingame, Arnold G a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Norwich, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1808. He was converted in 1825; made a class-leader at the age of nineteen; licensed to exhort in 1833, to preach in 1834, and in 1836 entered the Oneida Conference. After serving the Church twenty-two years, failing health necessitated his … Continue reading “Burlingame, Arnold G”

Burley, Walter an early English secular priest, or probably a Franciscan monk, was born in 1275. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford, and afterwards .studied at Paris. On his return to England he dissented from Duns Scotus. He was preceptor to king Edward III about 1337. He wrote Commentaries on the Sentences, and a … Continue reading “Burley, Walter”

Burley, James an English Wesleyan minister, was born in Leeds, Yorkshire. He was converted in youth; admitted into the travelling connection in 1796; travelled twenty-three circuits; became a supernumerary at Wells in 1833; and died Nov. 12, 1846. He was much esteemed. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Burlet, Stephen a German martyr, was burned at Arras in 1534 for reading the Scriptures. See Fox, Acts and Monuments, iv, 397. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Burleson, Richard Byrd, LL.D a Baptist minister, was born near Decatur, Ala., about 1820. He united with the Church in 1839; spent three years in Nashville University, Tenn.; was licensed by the first Baptist Church in Nashville in 1841, and ordained as pastor of the Church in Athens, Ala., in November, 1842; remained there till … Continue reading “Burleson, Richard Byrd, LL.D”

Burleigh, William Henry a reformer and poet, was born at Woodstock, Connecticut, February 2, 1812. He early became a temperance and anti-slavery lecturer; removed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1837, where he published the Christian Witness, and afterwards the Temperance Banner; in 1843 to Hartford, Conn., as editor of the Christian Freenman, soon known as the … Continue reading “Burleigh, William Henry”