Basil Joseph Mathews (28 August 1879 – 29 March 1951) was an English historian, biographer, and writer on the ecumenical movement.
In his early life, Mathews was a librarian, a journalist, and Editorial Secretary of the London Missionary Society.
[1] As well as works on the history of religion, including a life of Jesus,[2] Mathews published biographies of Booker T. Washington[3] and John Mott.
[5] In 1911, Mathews was living in Reigate, Surrey, with his first wife, Harriett Anne Passmore, a farmer’s daughter, and his mother-in-law.
[9] He spent his final years at Triangle Cottage, Boars Hill, and died at the Warneford Hospital, Oxford, in 1951, leaving a widow, Winifred, and an estate valued for probate at £3,706.