John Dury

Writer, Author

1596 – 1680

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Who was John Dury?

John Dury was a Scottish Calvinist minister and a significant intellectual of the English Civil War period. He made efforts to re-unite the Calvinist and Lutheran wings of Protestantism, hoping to succeed when he moved to Kassel in 1661, but he did not accomplish this. He was a prolific preacher, pamphleteer and writer.

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Born
1596
Edinburgh
Also known as
  • John Durie
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Children
Nationality
  • Scotland
Profession
Education
  • University of Oxford
Lived in
  • Edinburgh
Died
Sep 28, 1680
Kassel

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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