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S. G. (Samuel Gardiner) Ayres
1865–1942
Best known as a careful bibliographer and Methodist writer, this American librarian devoted much of his career to organizing religious scholarship and preserving church history. His books and reference works reflect a patient, research-minded approach that still feels useful today.
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The Expositor's Bible: Index
by S. G. (Samuel Gardiner) Ayres
About the author
Born in Peru, New York, on April 25, 1865, Samuel Gardiner Ayres studied at Drew Theological Seminary and soon joined its library staff. A brief biographical entry says he became assistant librarian there in 1888 and librarian in 1895, building a career that combined scholarship, librarianship, and Methodist religious work.
Ayres is especially associated with substantial reference and historical writing. His works include Jesus Christ Our Lord, a large annotated bibliography of Christology, The History of the English Bible, and Methodist Heroes of Other Days. Listings from library and public-domain catalogues also show that his writing and editorial work continued to circulate widely after publication, especially among readers interested in biblical studies and Methodist history.
He died in 1942. While details of his personal life are not easy to confirm from the sources found here, the record that does emerge is of a diligent librarian-author whose legacy rests on careful indexing, bibliography, and church history rather than literary self-display.