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John Charles Pollock (1924 – 6 January 2012) was a Christian author.[1] He was the official biographer ofBilly Graham and lived with his wife in rural North Devon, England.[2]
One of his earliest books,A Cambridge Movement, was a history of theCambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union.
One of his best known books isThe Apostle, A Life of Paul. This book presentsPaul the Apostle and his life as taken from his journeys inBiblical times. The story takes the modern day reader back into history. It portrays Paul as he deals with personal issues while trying to deal with his conversion toChristianity. He wrote extensively onWilliam Wilberforce, including a full-length biography (1977) which has never been out of print. He also wrote aboutJohn Newton, composer of the hymnAmazing Grace, and was a board member of the John Newton Project.[3]
His other biographies cover many other renowned Christian individuals, includingHudson andMaria Taylor (1965),L. Nelson Bell (1971),D.L. Moody (1972 & 1983)Lord Shaftesbury (1985), andJohn Wesley (1989); and groups, such as TheSiberian Seven (1979) and TheCambridge Seven (1985). In the 1990s, Pollock also wrote biographies of severalVictorian figures, includingGordon of Khartoum,Lord Kitchener andHenry Havelock.[4]
Pollock was born inLondon and was educated atTrinity College, Cambridge. He taught teaching history and divinity for two years atWellington College. He was thenrector of a country parish until he became a full-time writer in 1958.
John and his wife Anne were keen walkers and did not fuss about bad weather; they were frequently to be seen pacing along the Devon lanes in the rain, seemingly impervious to the cold of Exmoor. This strength of resolve was a hallmark of John Pollock's life which was filled with managing woodlands, writing, gardening, family history, music and travelling.
John Pollock was taken ill on a walking holiday in Scotland and died after a short illness on 6 January 2012.
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