Born St Helens, Lancashire to a weaving family, in 1819 he established a textile business with his father and two brothers. The business flourished with John becoming sole owner in 1839. Under his leadership, the business became the largest textile manufacturer in Britain by 1873.
Rylands was a devout Congregationalist and was responsible for many charitable projects. He died in Stretford, Lancashire.
In 1972, it merged with the library of the Victoria University of Manchester to form the JohnRylands University Library of Manchester.
The library was founded by Mrs Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her late husband, JohnRylands.
Mrs Rylands had originally intended the library as a principally theological collection and the building, a very fine example of Victorian Gothic, has much of the appearance of a church.
The Gospel of John is the fourth gospel in the canon of the New Testament, traditionally ascribed to John the Evangelist.
This date is assumed in large part because John 21, the so-called "appendix" to John, is largely concerned with explaining the death of the "beloved disciple," probably the leader of the Johannine community that produced the text.
John 3:16 is one of the most widely known passages in the New Testament: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
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