Thomas Wilson (philanthropist)
Thomas Wilson was a Congregational benefactor of chapels and educational institutions and founder member of the Council of University College London from 1825.
Claremont Chapel, around 1828
The Rev. John Addison Coombs, 1839 engraving
Samuel Dyer was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China in the Congregationalist tradition who worked among the Chinese in Malaysia. He arrived in Penang in 1827. Dyer, his wife Maria, and their family lived in Malacca and then in Singapore. He was known as a typographer for creating a steel typeface of Chinese characters for printing to replace traditional wood blocks. Dyer's type was accurate, aesthetically pleasing, durable, and practical.
Missionary to the Chinese
Chinese School
Printing the Chinese Bible
A page in Chinese printed by Samuel Dyer