S. P. Tregelles

Samuel Prido Tregl (January 30, 1813 - April 24, 1875) was an English biblical scholar, text critic, and theologian. Tregelles was born in Wodehouse Place, Falmouth, from the parents of Quakers, but he himself had been in communion with the Plymouth brothers for many years, and then in life became a Presbyterian (or, possibly, Anglican). He was the son of Samuel Tregell (1789-1828) and his wife Dorothy (1790-1873) and was the nephew of Edwin Octavius ​​Tregell. He was educated at the Falmouth Classical School from 1825 to 1828. For some time, Tregel worked at a metallurgical plant in Neath Abbey, in Glamorgan, where he devoted his free time to studying Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Welsh. His interest in the Welsh language developed out of a desire to spread the Christian Gospel and especially to combat the influence of atheism, Roman Catholicism and Mormonism in Wales. Tregelles became a private tutor in Falmouth, and finally devoted himself to scholarships until paralysis in 1870.