H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn) Moule

Born in Fordington, Dorset, in 1841, Handley Carr Glyn Moule went on to become one of the best-known evangelical leaders in the Church of England. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, later taught there, and built a reputation as a clear, thoughtful preacher and Bible teacher.

Moule served for many years at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, where he helped train clergy, and in 1901 he became Bishop of Durham. Alongside his church leadership, he wrote widely on the New Testament, the Christian life, and ministry, and he was also known as a hymn writer.

Readers have valued his work for its combination of learning, warmth, and plain spiritual counsel. Even now, he is remembered less as a distant academic than as a pastorally minded writer who tried to make Christian doctrine both understandable and deeply personal.