Thomas Guthrie
1803–73
Scottish minister and philanthropist. Studied at Edinburgh University and the Sorbonne. Ordained minister, 1830. Moderator of the Free Church general assembly, 1862. Known for his founding of schools for poor children and his philanthropic work, as well as for the popularity of his sermons.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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