Richard Francis Weymouth
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Dr. Richard Francis Weymouth (M.A., D.Litt.) (1822–1902) was an English schoolmaster, Baptist layman and Bible student known particularly for producing one of the earliest modern language translations of the New Testament.
Born near Devonport, Devon, he was the son of Richard Weymouth and his wife Ann Sprague.[1] He was educated at University College London. He taught at a private school in Surrey before being appointed headmaster of Mill Hill School[2] in 1869, when Thomas Scrutton and his supporters formed a new trust to reopen and revive the school, which had closed the previous year. Weymouth was also a fellow of University College London from 1869, and taught there until 1886, before retiring in 1891 to devote himself to textual criticism and Bible study. He died in 1902.
