Matthew george easton biography

Matthew George Easton (Nethanfoot, Lanarkshire, Schotland,^[1]3 June1823^[2][3] – Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland, 27 February1894) was a Scottish reformed presbyterian minister and lexicographer.

Life

Matthew George Easton studied at the University of Glasgow,^[4] where he acquired his M.A. in 1843 and D.D. in 1874 on a biography of Krummacher.^[4][5] He became pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Girvan.

He is best known for his Easton's Bible Dictionary, published three years after he died. Among his other works are English translations of German theological writings.

Family

Easton was married in 1849 to Anne Dobbie (1827–1904).

Six children were born in their family: David (1850),^[6] Isabella Colts (1852),^[7] Lockhart Dobbie (1854),^[8] Matthew George (1856), ^[9] Thomas (1859)^[10] and Mary Lang (1862).^[11]

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