
Museum of The Book
London

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Elizabeth II
1926-
Elizabeth II
Coronation
Bible
Sir Nicholas Winton 1909-2015
Nicholas Winton's
Bible
Duke of Windsor
1894-1972
Duke of Windsor's
Bible
William Wilberforce
1759-1833
William Wilberforce's
Bible
John wesley
1703-1791
John wesley's
Translation
Noah Webster
1758-1843
Noah Webster's
Bible
Charles H, Spurgeon
1834-1892
C.H, Spurgeon's
Bible
George Bernard
Shaw 1856-1950
George Bernard
Shaw's Bible
Sir Ernest
Shackleton 1874-1922
Sir Ernest
Shackleton's bible
Captain Robert Scott
1868-1912
Captain Scott's
New Testament
J. Frank Norris
1877-1952
J. Frank Norris'
Preaching Bible
Florence Nightingale
1820-1910
Florence Nightingale
Presentation Bible
John Newton
1725-1807
John Newton's
Bible
Bridget Curzon Burdett
c. 1534-1611
Bridget Curzon's
New Testament
Charlton Heston
1923-2008
Charlton Heston
Presentation Bible
Thomas Stearns Eliot
1888-1965
T.S. Eliot
Presentation Bible
Princess Diana's
Ancestral Spencer
Family Bible
Princess Diana
1961-1997
Emma Wedgewood
Darwin
1808-1896
Emma Darwin's
New Testament


Sam Houston
1793-1863
Sam Houston's
Bible


Samuel Wesley
c. 1663-1735
Samuel Wesley's
Bible in Verse


Neville Chamberlain
1869-1937
Neville Chamberlain's
Oath New Testament


Gerald Ford
1913-2006
Gerald Ford
Presentation Bible


Ernest Hemming
1868-1928
Ernest Hemming's
Sunday school Bible


Ernest E Joyce
c. 1875-1940
Ernest E Joyce's
Bible


Dorthy Sayer
1893-1957
Dorthy Sayer's
Father's Bible


Roy Rogers
1911-1998
Roy Rogers'
Bible


Dale Evans'
Bible
Dale Evans
1912-2001

George VI
1895-1952
George VI
Presentation Bible


John Rylands
1801-1888
John Rylands
Presentation Bible

ELIZABETH FRY
1780-1845
ELIZABETH FRY
Presentation bible
The Presentation of the Coronation Bible
Our gracious Queen: to keep your Majesty ever mindful of the law and the Gospel of God as the Rule for the whole life and government of Christian Princes, we present you with this Book, the most valuable thing that this world affords. Here is Wisdom; This is the royal Law; These are the lively Oracles of God. See the Coronation Bible at the Museum of The Book.
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Humanitarian
King of the United Kingdom
Abolitionist
Founder of the Methodist Church
Lexicographer
Prince of Preachers
Irish Playwright, Progressive Political Activist
Polar Explorer
Polar Explorer
The Fundamentalist
Social reformer, Statistian, Founder of modern Nursing
Slave Ship Captain
Gentlewoman
Hollywood Movie Star
British Essayist,Publisher, Playwright
Poet, Literary and Social Critic
Princess
Sunday \school teacher
President of the Republic of Texas
English Organist and Composer
prime Minister
President of the United states
Titanic Survivor
Polar Explorer
English Crime Write and Poet
Movie Star Cowboy
Movie Star Cowgirl
King of the United Kingdom
English Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
English Social Reformer and Philanthropist
Nicholas Winton was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for his "services to humanity", in saving 669 Jewish children from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia in December 1938, on the eve of World War II. On display at the Museum of The Book is Nicholas' childhood Bible given to him in 1925 by his father on the occasion of his confirmation.
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Edward VIII in 1936, after only 10 months as King, abdicated the throne of Great Britain to marry the love of his life, Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee. They retired to a chateau outside of Paris where they remained for the rest of their lives. After their death the chateau and its contents were acquired but the Egyptian owner of Harrods in London. In 1998 the Duke and Duchess' Bible was acquired at Sotheby's, New York when the contents of the chateau were sold at auction. See the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's Bible at the Museum of The Book.
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William Wilberforce's pastor, John Newton, former slave trader and author of the famous hymn Amazing Grace, encouraged him to remain a Member of Parliament after he came to faith in Christ. Wilberforce went on to fight for the abolition of slavery for the next 20 years until the Slave Trade Act received royal assent on 25 March 1807. See the Wilberforce's personal annotated Bible at the Museum of The Book.
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The house was on fire. It was 11pm and everyone was already in bed when it was discovered the roof was ablaze. Sparks were falling on the children's beds as the family escaped down the only staircase to safety only to discover their 5 year old had been left behind. By that time the stairs were alight. At last John was rescued from the upper floor by a church parishioner who had climbed on the shoulders of another man to reach him. So dramatic was the incident that John Wesley used Zechariah 3:2 "... a brand plucked out of the fire" in reference to God's providence in the incident. See a first edition copy of John Wesley's translation of the Bible at the Museum of The Book.
Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary contained the greatest number of Biblical definitions given in any reference volume up to that date. Webster wrote that in his view education was "useless without the Bible." He published a new edition of the Bible in 1833, called the Common Version. Using the King James Version as a base he consulted the Hebrew and Greek along with various other versions and commentaries in his new translation. Webster shaped the KJV to American English and corrected grammar, replaced words that were no longer used, and did away with words and phrases that could be seen as offensive. See a copy of a first edition of his translation at the Museum of The Book.
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Charles Spurgeon, a country boy, took the City of London by storm when at 19 years of age he became the pastor of New Park Street Chapel (later Metropolitan Tabernacle), one of the most prominent Baptist Churches in England. There he remained for the next 36 years building a new building in Elephant and Castle, founding an orphanage and minister's college. See one of the largest collections of Spurgeon related Bibles, books and manuscripts in the world at the Museum of The Book.
Nobel Prize winner Bernard Shaw was the leading dramatist of his generation. In his youth he espoused atheism and later claimed to be a mystic and yet despite this he sometimes invoked portions of the Bible in his literary and theatrical writings. In the preface (1915) to Androcles and the Lion, Shaw asks "Why not give Christianity a chance?" contending that Britain's social order resulted from the continuing choice of Barabbas over Christ. See Shaw's Bible at the Museum of The Book.
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Shackleton's rescue of the crew of the ill fated ship Endurance is considered one of the greatest survival feats of the modern era. He wrote, "During that long and racking march of thirty-six hours over the unnamed mountains and glaciers of South Georgia it seemed to me often that we were four, not three. I said nothing to my companions on the point, but afterwards Worsley said to me, “Boss, I had a curious feeling on the march that there was another person with us.” Tucked in Shackleton's pocket were several leaves torn from a Bible given to him by Queen Alexandra. To hear the whole story see one of Shackleton's Bible at the Museum of The Book.
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See Captain Scott's presentation New Testament at the
Museum of The Book.
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