Samuel Green

Samuel Green (1796-1883) was the son of a Baptist minister in Norfolk, Green entered Stepney College in 1816 and in 1820 began his ministerial career at Falmouth, where he remained for four years. He then preached at Faringdon, Berkshire, for one year before removing to Thrapstone, Nortthamptonshire. He came to the Baptist church in Lion Street, Walworth, as assistant to John Chin, in 1834, becoming a member of the London Baptist Board in 1835. He served as senior pastor at Lion Street from 1841 to 1849, before retiring to Hammersmith in 1855. Among his publications is The Biblical and Theological Dictionary (1841). At various times he served as secretary to the Baptist Irish Society and Stepney College.  See W. T. Whitley, The Baptists of London 1612–1928 (London: Kingsgate Press, 1928), 143; Samuel Couling,  “A Biographical Dictionary of Baptist Ministers of Great Britain & Ireland Deceased from 1800. Second Series 1875 to 1889.” MS., Angus Library, Regent’s Park College, Oxford.