Gordon Rupp, DD, was a Methodist preacher, historian, and Luther scholar. Dr. Rupp entered the ministry in 1934 and after a period of circuit work was appointed as tutor at Richmond College, going on to Cambridge as University Lecturer in Divinity. He remained there until 1956 when he became the first Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Manchester. In 1967 he returned to Cambridge as Principal of Wesley House. At that same time, he served as Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge until his retirement in 1977.
