William Newman

William Newman (1773-1835) was heavily influenced by John Collett Ryland while serving as a tutor at Ryland’s Academy at Enfield. In 1792 Newman was baptized and two years later ordained as a Baptist minister. He assumed the pastorate of the Baptist congregation at Old Ford, Bow, that same year and remained there until his death in 1835. Like so many other Baptist ministers, he too doubled as a schoolmaster, both at Bow and Bromley, Essex. In 1810 he was appointed President of the newly formed Stepney College, a position he held until 1827. Among his publications are A Manual for Church Members (1825) and Rylandia (1835). See Cooper, From Stepney to St. Giles, 26-59; DEB.