Thomas Bray

Father of American Libraries?

Thomas Bray established 70 libraries in Colonial America.

Some Bray links:

• A "biographical sketch" of Bray.
• The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the home page of an organization Bray began 300 years ago.
• The United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, another organization begun by Bray.
• A short text by Bray.

Thanks to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, U.K., for the use of the photo of Thomas Bray.