A. Skevington Wood
Arthur Skevington Wood FRHistS (21 April 1916 – 27 January 1993) was an English Methodist minister, college administrator, and church historian.
Wood was born in Ashbourne, Derbyshire and studied at the University of Leeds and Wesley College, Headingley before being ordained in 1943.[1] He later obtained a PhD from Edinburgh University with a thesis on Thomas Haweis.[2] He served as Principal of Cliff College from 1977 to 1984.[3]
As a church historian, Wood is best known for his 1960 work, The Inextinguishable Blaze: Spiritual Renewal and Advance in the Eighteenth Century, published by Paternoster Press. In it Wood examines the message and influence of the First Great Awakening.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Wood, A. Skevington (28 September 1962). "What Are You Looking For?". Christianity Today. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
- ↑ Graham, E. Dorothy. "Wood, Dr Arthur Skevington". DMBI: A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
- ↑ "Travelling Man: A tribute to the life and ministry of the Rev Dr Skevington Wood". MET:Revive. Methodist Evangelicals Together. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
- ↑ Davies, G. C. B. (1960). "The Inextinguishable Blaze" (PDF). Churchman. 74 (4): 267. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
