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William M. (William Mackergo) Taylor
1829–1895
A Scottish-born preacher who became one of New York’s best-known pulpit voices, he wrote with energy, clarity, and a strong gift for making Bible history feel vivid. His books on figures like David, Moses, Elijah, and John Knox helped carry his sermons far beyond the church walls.
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John Knox
by William M. (William Mackergo) Taylor
About the author
Born in Kilmarnock, Scotland, in 1829, William Mackergo Taylor studied at the University of Glasgow and then prepared for the ministry in Edinburgh. He served congregations in Scotland and Liverpool before moving to the United States in the early 1870s, where he became pastor of Broadway Tabernacle in New York.
Taylor was best known as a preacher and religious writer. Alongside his ministry, he published a steady stream of books, including studies of biblical lives and well-known Christian figures, written in a style meant for general readers as much as for church audiences.
He died in 1895, but his work remained widely circulated for years afterward. Readers who pick him up today will usually find a 19th-century evangelical voice that is earnest, readable, and strongly shaped by the sermon tradition.