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Henry Duncan FRSE (8 October 1774 – 12 February 1846) was a Scottish minister, geologist and social reformer. The minister of Ruthwell in Dumfriesshire, he founded the world's first mutual savings bank that would eventually form part of the Trustee Savings Bank. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1839. At the Disruption has left the Church of Scotland and sided with the Free Church. He was also a publisher, a philanthropist and an author, writing novels as well as works of science and religion.

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  • Henry Duncan FRSE (8 October 1774 – 12 February 1846) was a Scottish minister, geologist and social reformer. The minister of Ruthwell in Dumfriesshire, he founded the world's first mutual savings bank that would eventually form part of the Trustee Savings Bank. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1839. At the Disruption has left the Church of Scotland and sided with the Free Church. He was also a publisher, a philanthropist and an author, writing novels as well as works of science and religion. (en)
  • Henry Duncan, né le 8 octobre 1774 et décédé le 12 février 1846, est un ministre protestant de la paroisse écossaise de Ruthwell dans le comté du Dumfriesshire (aujourd’hui dans le district de Dumfries and Galloway). Il est connu pour avoir fondé la première caisse d’épargne au monde, et reconstitué la croix de Ruthwell. Il était également auteur, philanthrope et porteur de réformes sociales. (fr)
  • Henry Duncan, född 8 oktober 1774, död 12 februari 1846, var en skotsk präst. Duncan grundade 1810 i i sydvästra Skottland den första självständiga, för allmänheten avsedda brittiska sparbanken och verkade bland annat genom skriften An essay on the nature and advantages of parish banks (1816) för inrättandet av sparbanker även på andra orter. (sv)
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  • Lochrutton, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland (en)
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