Newman, Albert Henry

D.D. (Mercer University, Macon, Ga., 1885), LL.D. (South-Western Baptist University, Jackson, Tenn., 1883), Baptist; b. in Edge field County, S. C, Aug. 25, 1852; graduated at Mercer University, Macon, Ga., 1871, and Rochester (N.Y.) Theological Seminary, 1875; studied Oriental languages in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Greenville, S.C. (now Louisville, Ky.), 1875-76; became acting profe or of church history in Rochester (NY.) Theological Seminary, 1877, and profe or 1880; profe or of church history and comparative religion in the Baptist (Theological) College, Toronto, Ontario, Can., 1881 His theological position is conservative. He translated (with additional notes) Immer's Hermeneulics of the New Testament, And over, 1877; and has written numerous newspaper and review articles.