Reformer Gallery

Martin Luther, Protestant church reformer, (1903)

Martin Luther, Protestant church reformer, (1903). After a picture in the Tower Church at Weimar. Luther (1483-1546) was a major inspiration behind the Reformation. He was excommunicated by Pope Leo IX in 1521 and declared an outlaw at the Diet of Worms. Under the protection of the Elector of Saxony, Luther produced a German translation of the Bible, and he went on to found the Lutheran Protestant Church. After a portrait by Cranach (1520) from the title page of a sermon against the authority of the Church published in 1522. A print from The World's History, A Survey of Man's Record, by Dr HF Helmolt, Volume II, William Heinemann, London, 1903

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Earl Grey, c1810, (c1884). Creator: Unknown

Earl Grey, c1810, (c1884). Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), British whig and reformer educated at Richmond School, Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Prime Minister during reign of William IV, The Reform Act 1832 and abolition of slavery were passed during his office. From "Leaders of the Senate: A Biographical History of the Rise and Development of the British Constitution, Vol. I.", by Alexander Charles Ewald, F.S.A. [William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Berlin]

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Sir Samuel Romilly, c1790, (c1884). Creator: Unknown

Sir Samuel Romilly, c1790, (c1884). Samuel Romilly (1757-1818), British lawyer, abolitionist, politician and legal reformer, largely self-educated from a Huguenot family, he entered Gray's Inn and was made a King's Counsel in 1800. From "Leaders of the Senate: A Biographical History of the Rise and Development of the British Constitution, Vol. I.", by Alexander Charles Ewald, F.S.A. [William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Berlin]

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