David Bogue, a Scottish preacher and author, born in Berwickshire, March 1, 1750, died at Brighton, Oct. 25, 1825. He was educated at the university of Edinburgh, licensed as a preacher in the church of Scotland, and in 1771 went to London, and kept a school at Chelsea for some years. After a visit to Amsterdam in 1776, he became pastor of an Independent congregation at Gosport, Hampshire, and principal of an academy for ministerial education. In 1791 he commenced an agitation through the pulpit and the press, which led to the formation of the London missionary society in 1795. He became head of a seminary founded by that body, and wrote the first tract for the religious tract society, which chiefly originated with him. He was also one of the projectors and first editor of the "Evangelical Magazine," and took an active part in the formation of the British and foreign Bible society. Besides various pamphlets, he wrote an "Essay on the Divine Authority of the New Testament" (1802), which was translated into several languages; in conjunction with Dr. James Bennett, his pupil, friend, and biographer, a " History of the Dissenters" (3 vols. 8vo, 1809; 4 vols., 1812), intended as a continuation of Neal's "History of the Puritans;" and "Discourses on the Millennium" (2 vols., 1813-'16).