Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Bird, Thomas Fairfoot an English Congregational minister, was born at Blyth, Northumberland, in 1843. He emigrated to Australia with his parents at the age of fourteen. He entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1865. In 1870 he went to Tasmania and officiated on the New Norfolk Circuit, but while there left the Wesleyans and joined the … Continue reading “Bird, Thomas Fairfoot”

Bird, P. Goold a Scotch Congregational minister, was born in the village of Blantyre Works, near Glasgow, Jan. 20, 1838. He was a member of the Underston United Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, and became a missionary to Samoa, where he died, Aug. 22, 1864. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1866, p. 236. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Bird, P. Goold”

Bird, Milton, D.D a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, was born October 23, 1807, in Barren County; Kentucky. In 1830 he was ordained an evangelist, and the next year visited Western Pennsylvania as a missionary; for some time was pastor of the Waynesburg congregation, and for several years at Pleasant Hill, Washington County. In 1840 he became … Continue reading “Bird, Milton, D.D”

Bird, Mark B a minister of the English Wesleyan connection, was born in London in 1807. He was converted early in life, and called into the ministry. In 1833 he was appointed to the Evesham Circuit. The year following he offered himself for missionary service, and was sent to Jamaica, where he labored four years, … Continue reading “Bird, Mark B”

Bird, John Cox an English Congregational minister, was born at Thame, Oxfordshire, in 1845. He was educated at Howard House, Oxford County School, and afterwards held a position in the London post-office. He began his ministerial labors as a home missionary, and was stationed as pastor at Hatfield soon after, where he remained until the … Continue reading “Bird, John Cox”

Bird, John an English prelate of the 17th century, was born at Coventry, Warwickshire. He was educated a Carmelite at Oxford; became the thirty- first and last provincial of his order; preached some sermons before Henry VIII against the primacy of the pope, for which he was preferred to be successively bishop of Ossory, Ireland, … Continue reading “Bird, John”

Bird, Isaac a Congregational minister and missionary, was born at Salisbury, Conn., June 19, 1793. His preliminary education was acquired at the Castleton Academy, Vt. In 1816 he graduated at Yale College, and, after having taught one year at West Nottingham, Md., he graduated at Andover Theological Seminary in 1820. During the following two years, … Continue reading “Bird, Isaac”

Bird, Frederic Meyer, D.D a Presbyterian and eventually an Episcopalian minister, was born in Philadelphia, June 28, 1838; graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1857, and Union Theological Seminary in 1860; became a Lutheran minister in the same year; all army chaplain in 1862-63; and entered the Episcopal ministry in 1868. He became professor … Continue reading “Bird, Frederic Meyer, D.D”

Bird, Francis (1) an English sculptor, was born in 1667. He executed, among other works, the statue of queen Anne, in the front of St. Paul’s; the Conversion of St. Paul, on the pediment; and the bass-reliefs under the portico. His most important work, however, was the fine monument of Dr. Bushy, in Westminster Abbey. … Continue reading “Bird, Francis (2)”

Bird, Edward in eminent English painter, was born at Wolverhampton, April 12, 1772. His father, a clothier by trade, was a man of sense and information, and gave him a fair education. A family tradition declares that he began to sketch at the age of four, and that his passion for drawing called him up … Continue reading “Bird, Edward”