Background
Goddard, Burton Leslie was born on July 4, 1910 in Dodge Center, Minnesota, United States. Son of William Bliss and Myra Estella (Beckwith) Goddard.
Goddard, Burton Leslie was born on July 4, 1910 in Dodge Center, Minnesota, United States. Son of William Bliss and Myra Estella (Beckwith) Goddard.
Student, University Minnesota, 1930. AB, University of California at Los Angeles, 1933. ThB, Westminster Theological Seminary, 1937.
Master of Sacred Theology, Harvard University, 1938. Doctor of Theology, Harvard University, 1943. Master of Science, Simmons College, 1957.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1986.
Pastor, Carlisle (Massachusetts) Congressional Church, 1937-1941; assistant in Semitic languages, Harvard Divinity School, 1938-1939, 40-41; instructor in bible and christian education, Gordon College and Divinity School, Wenham, Massachusetts, 1941-1944; professor O.T., Gordon College and Divinity School, Wenham, Massachusetts, 1943-1951; dean, Gordon College and Divinity School, Wenham, Massachusetts, 1944-1951; dean, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, 1951-1961; professor biblical language and exegesis, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, 1951-1975; library director, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, 1961-1973; library consultant, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, 1973-1975. Trustee Boston Theological Institute, 1971-1974.
Member American Theological Library. Association (chairman membership committee 1970-1971), Society Biblical Literature, Evangelical Theological Society (editor 1949-1954, president 1964).
Married Esther Anna Hempel, July 16, 1940.