Henry Duncan
British geologist, priest and social reformer
Died when: 71 years 127 days (856 months)Star Sign: Libra
Henry Duncan FRSE (8 October 1774 – 12 February 1846) was a Scottish minister, geologist and social reformer.The minister of Ruthwell in Dumfriesshire, he founded the world's first mutual savings bank that would eventually form part of the Trustee Savings Bank.
He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1839.At the Disruption has left the Church of Scotland and sided with the Free Church.
He was also a publisher, a philanthropist and an author, writing novels as well as works of science and religion.
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