Charles Henry Mackintosh

Born in County Wicklow, Ireland, in October 1820, Charles Henry Mackintosh became a nineteenth-century Christian preacher, writer, and editor associated with the Plymouth Brethren. He is often referred to simply by his initials, C.H.M., a name that became widely recognized among readers of devotional and expository Christian literature.

Mackintosh is especially known for his Bible commentaries and for editing the magazine Things New and Old over many years. His writing aimed to make Scripture understandable and spiritually immediate, and that plain, earnest style helped his work travel widely among evangelical readers.

He died on 2 November 1896. Although he lived in the nineteenth century, his books continued to circulate long after his lifetime, and he is still remembered for accessible Bible teaching rather than academic theology.