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John Nelson Darby

1800 - 1882

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John Nelson Darby (18 November 1800 – 29 April 1882) was an Anglo-Irish Bible teacher, one of the influential figures among the original Plymouth Brethren and the founder of the Exclusive Brethren. He is considered to be the father of modern dispensationalism and futurism. Pre-tribulation rapture theology was popularized extensively in the 1830s by John Nelson Darby and the Plymouth Brethren, and further popularized in the United States in the early 20th century by the wide circulation of the Scofield Reference Bible. He produced translations of the Bible in German, the "Elberfelder Bibel", in French, the "Pau" Bible, the Dutch New Testament, and the famous and influential English translation (finished posthumously) based on the Hebrew and Greek texts called The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages by J. N. Darby. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Nelson Darby is the 841st most popular religious figure (up from 1,448th in 2019), the 855th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,611th in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, John Nelson Darby ranks 841 out of 3,187. Before him are Maria Cristina of Savoy, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Saint Cajetan, Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, Mammes of Caesarea, and 6th Dalai Lama. After him are John of Rila, Servatius of Tongeren, Martin de Porres, Antipope Ursicinus, Sadhu Sundar Singh, and Antipope Boniface VII.

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Among people born in 1800, John Nelson Darby ranks 13. Before him are France Prešeren, Charles Goodyear, Henry Fox Talbot, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, John Brown, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are James Clark Ross, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Jacques Paul Migne, Lars Levi Laestadius, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, and Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza. Among people deceased in 1882, John Nelson Darby ranks 14. Before him are Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Francesco Hayez, Bruno Bauer, Léon Gambetta, Louis Blanc, and Joseph Liouville. After him are William Stanley Jevons, Vasily Perov, Thomas Hill Green, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Karl-Maria Kertbeny.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Nelson Darby ranks 855 out of 8,785. Before him are Eadwig (940), Sawney Bean (1600), Daniel Rutherford (1749), H. Rider Haggard (1856), Sean Bean (1959), and Charles Frederick Worth (1825). After him are J. Bruce Ismay (1862), Christopher Tolkien (1924), Michael Halliday (1925), John Vane (1927), Amélie of Orléans (1865), and David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, John Nelson Darby ranks 17. Before him are John Knox (1514), Edward the Confessor (1003), Richard Williamson (1940), Willibrord (658), Saint Malachy (1094), and Thomas Wolsey (1473). After him are John Henry Newman (1801), Charles Spurgeon (1834), Reginald Lee (1870), Keith O'Brien (1938), Ninian (360), and Frederick Fleet (1887).

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