Background
Young, Franklin Woodrow was born on March 16, 1915 in Lima, Ohio, United States. Son of Oscar N. and Evalette (Fellows) Young.
clergyman patristic studies educator
Young, Franklin Woodrow was born on March 16, 1915 in Lima, Ohio, United States. Son of Oscar N. and Evalette (Fellows) Young.
AB, Dartmouth, 1937; Student, University Pennsylvania Graduate School, 1943. Bachelor of Divinity, Crozer Theological Seminary, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy (university fellow 1943-1944), Duke, 1946.
Personnel department American Rolling Mill Company, also Lukens Steel Company, 1937-1939. Minister Huntington Valley (Pennsylvania) Baptist Church, 1939-1940. Assistant minister First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, 1941-1943.
Teaching fellow Duke Division School, 1944-1945, instructor, 1945-1946, assistant professor New Testament, dean students, 1946-1950. Ordained to ministry P.E. Church. As deacon, 1950; priest, 1951.
Assistant professor New Testament Yale Division School, 1950-1954. Lecturer religion Miss Porter's School, 1951-1953. Visiting lecturer religion Connecticut Wesleyan University, 1953.
Assistant to minister St. John's Church, Stamford, Connecticut, 1951-1953. Professor New Testament and patristics Episcopal Theological Seminary of Southwest, 1954-1959. Professor religion Princeton, 1959-1968, chairman department, 1965-1968.
Professor New Testament and patristic studies Duke, 1968-1985, director graduate studies in religion, 1969-1974, Amos Ragan Kearns professor, New Testament and Patristic Studies, 1970-1985. Visiting professor Swarthmore College, 1964. Visiting lecturer Princeton Theological Seminary, 1964.
Member North America commission on worship, advisory commission faith and order study World Council Churches. American Association Theological Schools fellow, 1959. Trustee Crozer Theological Seminary.
Fellow National Council Religion in Higher Education. Member American Theological Society, American Society Church History, American Academy Religion, Society Theological Discussion, Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, North America Patristics Society, Duodecim Theological Society Society Biblical Literature, Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon.
Married Jean Steiner, August 30, 1941. Children– Franklin Woodrow, David S.