Background
Charles William Forman was born on March 3, 1821 in Washington, Kentucky, United States.
Charles William Forman was born on March 3, 1821 in Washington, Kentucky, United States.
He attended Centre College in Kentucky and then Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey.
After entering the family business manufacturing hemp, he was converted at a revival meeting when he was twenty years old. He felt burdened for the salvation of slaves on Kentucky plantations and tried to establish a ministry for them, but without success. Charles William Forman arrived in India in 1847 and two years later settled in Lahore in north India (now Pakistan).
This school added a college department in 1865, which was later known as Forman Christian College.
Forman was very influential in developing the educational system of the Punjab area. He served on nearly every committee on education appointed by the Punjab government during his lifetime.
He was a friend of all, walking the streets to and from school and talking with the people daily for forty years. Charles William Forman"s first wife was Margaret Newton, with whom he had seven children, including Henry Forman.
Following the death of Margaret, Charles married Georgina Lockhart, with whom he had three children, two surviving.
Charles died on August 27, 1894 in Lahore. (Forman Family Papers, Yale University).