Education
He studied at Leiden University and received a Master of Arts degree and Doctor of Philosophy in 1699.
He studied at Leiden University and received a Master of Arts degree and Doctor of Philosophy in 1699.
At Leiden, there had not been a doctorate granted in memory, and the university revived the degree specifically for Gale. After studying at Leiden, Gale went to Amsterdam, where he met Le Clerc. He would not, on principle.
He also accused Wall of doing what Wall said he most sought to avoid: elevating a minor doctrinal point into a matter of schism.
William Wotton praised Gale"s work. Gale began preaching at Paul"s Alley Barbican, but he was never ordained and would not accept a regular position.
Instead, he traveled from one Baptist congregation to another, speaking. In 1721, when he was just forty-one years old, he caught a fever and died.
He left little money for his widow, and congregationalists collected a subscription to enable her to open a coffee shop in Finch Lane, London.
