Richard C. Gamble
American reformed theologian and professor
Richard C. Gamble (born January 12, 1955) is an American Reformed theologian, pastor, and professor of systematic theology. He is known for his scholarship on John Calvin and for authoring the three-volume systematic theology The Whole Counsel of God. Gamble has held faculty positions at Westminster Theological Seminary, Calvin Theological Seminary, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.
Early life and education
Gamble received his B.A. from Westminster College; his M.A. from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary; and his Ph.D. from the Universität Basel, where he studied Reformation theology.
Academic career
Gamble began teaching church history at the Freie Evangelisch-Theologische Akademie (now STH Basel) from 1979 to 1981. He then served as Associate Professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary from 1981 to 1987.
In 1987, he joined Calvin Theological Seminary as Professor of Historical Theology and became Director of the Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies. He remained there until 1997. From 1997 to 2005, he taught at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando.
“Richard C. Gamble” enters the record as american reformed theologian and professor. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Richard, Gamble and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Richard C. Gamble” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Richard, Gamble and American provides the most credible route into that argument.
Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q45410145. VIAF identifies the subject as 235837175. The Library of Congress control number is n92078961. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1955, 1979, 1981 and 1987.
A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.
- Establishing names and roles
- Building a first chronology
- Locating cited institutions
Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Richard C. Gamble”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Richard C. Gamble primary sources, Richard C. Gamble archive and Richard research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Richard C. Gamble”?
- Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
- Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Richard C. Gamble” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.