Greenhalgh, William
1852-1920

WM local preacher, born on 2 January 1852 at Thornset, New Mills, Derby. He began his working life as a weaver in a Bolton mill and was largely self-educated. He became one of the leading figures in Southport Methodism. He was President of the LPMAA. In his will he left £20,000 towards the establishing of Wesley House in Cambridge on condition that a few places should be allocated to non-graduate students, but did not live to see the college established.

Sources
  • W. Bardsley Brash, The Story of our Colleges (1935), pp.105-6
  • Frank Tice, The History of Methodism in Cambridge (1966) pp.91-92

See also

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