Background
Langstaff, John Brett was born on March 22, 1889 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of John Elliot (Doctor of Medicine and Sarah Josephine (Meredith) L.
Langstaff, John Brett was born on March 22, 1889 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of John Elliot (Doctor of Medicine and Sarah Josephine (Meredith) L.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1913. Bachelor of Letters, Magdalen College, Oxford, 1916. General Theological Seminary, 1913-1914.
Unmarried.
Deacon and priest, Protestant Episcopal Church, 1917. Assistant dean Saint Mary and Saint John Cathedral, Manila, Philippine Islands, 1917-1918. Served as private Artists’ Rifles, British Army, 1918 (invalided out same year).
Assistant vicar Saint Mark’s Church, North. Audley Saint, London, 1918-1920.
Head of Magdalen College Mission, Oxford, 1920-1922. President Children’s Libraries Movement, England.
Lecturer on liturgies, Berkeley Division School, Connecticut, 1924. Rector Saint Andrew’s Church, Walden, New York, from 1924.
Established David Copperfield Library, London, and The Children’s Cathedral, Walden.
General Theol; assistant dean Saint Mary and Saint John Cathedral, Manila, Philippine Islands, 1917-1918. Assistant vicar Saint Mark’s Church, North. Audley Saint, London, 1918-1920. President Children’s Libraries Movement, Engineering
Member Walkill Valley Ministers’ Association. Mason, Knights of Pythias. Clubs: Harvard (New York).