Joseph Angus

Joseph Angus (1816-1902) was originally from Newcastle. After completing his studies at Stepney College and Edinburgh University, he succeeded John Rippon as pastor at New Park Street, Southwark (formerly Carter Lane) in 1838. In 1840 he became co-secretary of the BMS, and in 1841, after the death John Dyer, sole secretary, a position he held for the next eight years. In 1841 he married Amelia Gurney, daughter of William B. Gurney, then treasurer of the BMS. He left the BMS in 1849 to become president of Stepney College, moving the college to Regent’s Park in London in 1856, at which time it became affiliated with the University of London. He remained with the college until his retirement in 1893, authoring many works in theology, biblical studies, and English literature. He also served as editor of the Baptist newspaper, The Freeman. See Ernest Payne, The First Generation: Early Leaders of the Baptist Missionary Society in England and India (London: Carey Press, [1936], 13-25; R. E. Cooper, From Stepney to St Giles’: The Story of Regent’s Park College 1810-1960 (London: Carey Kingsgate Press, 1960), 60-80; Brian Stanley, The History of the Baptist Missionary Society 1792–1992 (Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1992), 212-214.