a British Methodist theologian and biblical scholar. He was born in the townland of Moybeg Kirley near Tobermore in Northern Ireland. He is chiefly remembered for writing a commentary on the Bible which took him 40 years to complete and which was a primary Methodist theological resource for two centuries. It is considered among the most comprehensive commentaries on the Bible ever prepared by a single author.[citation needed] By himself he produced nearly half as much material as the scores of scholars who collaborated on the twelve-volume The Interpreter's Bible.
