William George Torr

William George Torr MA, BCL, LLD (29 March 1853 – 13 September 1939), often referred to as "Old Oxford", was a religious educator in South Australia.

He visited England around late 1884 or early 1885, possibly to enroll as a student with Oxford University, as around the end of 1885 he resigned his position with the Education Department to undertake studies preparatory to his taking charge of Way College,[5] which was then being planned.

James Way), in a building which was previously Dr. Joyce's Eye Infirmary, was opened in 1892[7] for the Bible Christian and Primitive Methodist denominations as a religious school for boys on Park Terrace, North Unley (renamed Greenhill Road, Parkside), and Torr was appointed first head master.

[10] This function was taken over around 1925 by Wesley College, North Unley, and the home, renamed "Old Oxford House", became a Methodist retreat and memorial to Torr and his assistant Rev.

[6] He contributed over 1800 weekly articles in the series "Talks with Young Men" to Australian Christian Commonwealth, official organ of the Methodist Church.