David Bogue | |
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 Nonconformist preacher | |
| Born | 18 February 1750 (1750-02-18) |
| Died | 25 October 1825 (1825-10-26) |
David Bogue (18 February 1750 – 25 October 1825) was aScottishnonconformist religious leader.
He was born at Hallydown Farm, in the parish ofColdingham,Berwickshire,Scotland, the son of John Bogue, farmer, and his wife, Margaret Swanston. He received his early education inEyemouth.[1]
After studying Divinity atEdinburgh University, he was licensed to preach by theChurch of Scotland, but, failing to find a patron in Scotland, was sent by the Church toLondon in 1771, to teach in schools atEdmonton,Hampstead and then Mansion House Cottage inCamberwell. In 1777, he settled as minister of the independent Congregational church atGosport inHampshire.[2] His predecessors at the Independent Chapel of Gosport were James Watson (1770–76) andThomas Williams (1750–70).[3]
In 1771 he established an institution forpreparing men for the ministry.[4][5] It was the age of the new-bornmissionary enterprise, and Bogue's academy was largely the seed from which theLondon Missionary Society grew.[6] In 1800 the society placed missionaries with Bogue for preparation for their ministries.[7] Among the notable students he taught, the most impactful were the first two Protestant missionaries to China,Robert Morrison (missionary) (from 1804 to 1805),[8] andWilliam Milne (missionary) (from 1809 to 1812).[5]Bogue himself would have gone toIndia in 1796 if not for the opposition of theEast India Company.[6] In 1824 he taughtSamuel Dyer at Gosport before he left forPenang as a missionary with the London Missionary Society.[4]
He was also involved in founding theBritish and Foreign Bible Society and theReligious Tract Society, and in conjunction withJames Bennett, minister atRomsey, wrote a well-knownHistory of Dissenters (3 vols., 1809). Another of his writings was anEssay on the Divine Authority of the New Testament.[6]
In 1815Yale University awarded him a doctor of divinity (DD).
He died on 25 October 1825 inBrighton during the London Missionary Society's annual tour.[4]
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bogue, David".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 121. This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Grosart, Alexander Balloch (1886). "Bogue, David". InStephen, Leslie (ed.).Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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