McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
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Angus, Joseph, 1816-1902
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1816-1902
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Rev. Joseph Mortimer Angus was born on January 16, 1816, in Bolam, England.
He was a central figure in several Baptist institutions in the 19th century, heavily involved in its missionary work as secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society; but like all Baptists, Angus saw education as the key to redemption, to self-improvement, and therefore to making oneself more useful in the service of God. In 1849, he became head of Stepney Baptist College and remained in that post until 1893. Under his leadership, the college thrived and in 1856 moved from the east end of London to Regent’s Park in the centre of the city. It continues today as Regent’s Park College, Oxford, and Joseph’s books still form the heart of its Angus Library, the largest collection of Baptist literature in the world.
In 1841, he married Amelia Gurney. He died on August 28, 1902, in Middlesex, England.
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https://lccn.loc.gov/n86803571