Geoffrey W. Bromiley (1915 - August 7, 2009) was a renowned church historian and historical theologian. He was professor emeritus at Fuller Theological Seminary. "Bromiley, born in Bromley Cross, Lancashire, England, in 1915, earned his MA at Cambridge and his PhD, DLitt, and DD at Edinburgh University. Ordained in the Church of England, he served from 1951 to 1958 as Rector of St. Thomas’s Church, Edinburgh. In 1958, he accepted the appointment as Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Fuller, where he served until his retirement in 1987."