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Matthew George Easton

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Matthew George Easton (1823-1894) was a Scottish Presbyterian preacher and writer. His most known work is the Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), published three years after his death. Another notable work were the English translations of two of Franz Delitzsch's commentaries.