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Joseph Angus (16 January 1816 – 28 August 1902) was an English Baptist minister, college head, and biblical scholar. ==Life== The only son of John Angus, a farmer and later a leather merchant, by his wife Elizabeth Wanless, he was born at Bolam, Northumberland. His first schooling was at Newcastle, under George Ferris Whidborne Mortimer, who wanted to send him to Cambridge. As a nonconformist and a member of the Baptist church under Thomas Pengilly at Newcastle, he preferred the University of Edinburgh, where he entered in 1834, after passing a year at King's College, London. In 1835, he studied for the Baptist ministry at Stepney College under William Harris Murch. Returning to Edinburgh with a scholarship under Dr. Ward's trust, he graduated M.A. 27 April 1837. In 1838, Angus accepted a call to New Park Street chapel, Southwark. In 1840, he was appointed colleague to John Dyer in the secretaryship of the Baptist Missionary Society, and became sole secretary in 1841; there he was a fundraiser, in particular for the mission house in Moorgate Street. In 1849, he became head of Stepney College, which under his presidency moved to Regent's Park in 1856: he held the post till 1893.〔 The degree of D.D. was conferred on Angus in 1852 by Brown University. From 1859, he was for ten years examiner in English to London University, and in 1865 to the Civil Service Commission. In 1870, he was appointed on the New Testament company for the revision of the King James Bible. He was elected in 1870 for Marylebone to the first London School Board: In all he spent nearly 12 years on the board: from 1870-1873, 1876-1882 and 1894-1897.〔 As a theologian Angus was conservative; in a debate of 1870 he upheld the doctrine of eternal torment. He died at Hampstead on 28 August 1902, and was buried in Norwood cemetery.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Angus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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