Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay

Born in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, in 1843, Thomas Martin Lindsay became a respected Scottish historian, theologian, and educator. He studied at the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and his work centered on church history, especially the Reformation.

In 1872 he was appointed Professor of Church History at the Free Church College in Glasgow, and later became principal after the college became part of the United Free Church. He remained closely connected with the institution for the rest of his life, building a reputation as a careful scholar and influential teacher.

His best-known books include Luther and the German Reformation and A History of the Reformation. Written with both learning and readability, these works helped make a complicated religious past easier for general readers and students to follow. He died in 1914.