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David Thomas Morgan
David Thomas Morgan (17 September 1809 – 14 November 1886) was a British timber merchant, known as a translator of hymns. Life Morgan was born in East Ham, and attended a school in Woodford, London, Woodford run by Dr. Oake. He traded in timber under his own name, then going into partnership with his cousin, Thomas Samuel Gellibrand, the partners trading as Morgan, Gellibrand & Co. He was also a director of the Surrey Commercial Dock Company. In 1861 Morgan moved from Leytonstone a short distance to the Clock House, Wood Street, Walthamstow, in the area called Whipps Cross. There he built up a good library. A generation later the building was used by the Salvation Army. He withdrew from the partnership with Gellibrand and David John Morgan, his son, in 1867. Family Morgan married in 1839 Mary Ridge, youngest daughter of the late Captain James Brook Ridge, of the East India Company Army. Their children included: * Henry Thornhill Morgan, eldest son, cleric. * David John Morgan, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John D
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |