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William Garden Blaikie
1820–1899
A leading voice in nineteenth-century Scottish church life, he combined preaching, teaching, and social reform with a gift for clear, practical writing. Best known as a minister, professor, and biographer, he wrote with an eye for both faith and everyday life.
5 Audiobooks
Thomas Chalmers
by William Garden Blaikie
The Personal Life of David Livingstone Chiefly from his Unpublished Journals and Correspondence in the Possession of His Family
by William Garden Blaikie
The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel
by William Garden Blaikie
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Joshua
by William Garden Blaikie
The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel
by William Garden Blaikie
About the author
Born in Aberdeen on 5 February 1820, William Garden Blaikie became a prominent Scottish minister, writer, and teacher. He studied at Marischal College in Aberdeen and later in Edinburgh, was ordained in 1842, and joined the Free Church of Scotland after the Disruption of 1843.
Much of his ministry was spent at Pilrig in Edinburgh, where he served for more than twenty years before moving in 1868 to New College, Edinburgh, as professor of apologetics and pastoral theology. Alongside his church work, he was known as an energetic temperance reformer and a widely read religious author.
Blaikie wrote biography, biblical studies, and practical Christian works, including well-known books on Thomas Chalmers and David Livingstone. He died on 11 June 1899 at North Berwick, leaving behind a body of writing shaped by pastoral experience, historical interest, and a strong sense of public duty.