author
Samuel Newth
1821–1898
A Victorian Congregational minister, teacher, and scholar, he spent much of his life shaping theological education in London. His work ranged from mathematics and science textbooks to biblical scholarship and church history, giving him an unusually wide reach as a writer.
1 Audiobook
Lectures on Bible Revision
by Samuel Newth
About the author
Born in 1821, he grew up in a strongly Nonconformist religious world and studied at University College London before preparing for the Congregational ministry at New College, St John's Wood. He served as minister at the Tollington Park chapel from 1846 to 1868, while also building a reputation as a careful teacher and writer.
After leaving pastoral work, he devoted himself more fully to scholarship and education. He taught at New College for many years and became its principal in 1886, a post he held until his death in 1898. He also took part in major biblical revision work and was known as a respected biblical scholar within English Nonconformity.
What makes him especially interesting as an author is his range. Alongside religious and historical writing, he produced accessible books on mathematics and scientific subjects, showing the practical, broad-minded style of a nineteenth-century educator who wanted learning to be useful as well as serious.