John Nelson Darby
From Conservapedia
John Nelson Darby (1800–82), British theologian and founder of Dispensationalism. He was ordained in the Church of England but resigned in 1827 and joined the "Plymouth Brethren", a new sect that rejected all Church order and outward forms. A quarrel within this body led to a schism; Darby became the leader of the stricter Brethren, who were organized as a separate body of "Darbyites."
Further reading
- Timothy C. F. Stunt, "Darby, John Nelson (1800–1882)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 ; online
