Background
Townsend, John Tolson was born on July 25, 1927 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Came to the United States, 1927. Son of William Thomas and Olley Haystead (Tolson) Townsend.
clergyman and religion educator
Townsend, John Tolson was born on July 25, 1927 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Came to the United States, 1927. Son of William Thomas and Olley Haystead (Tolson) Townsend.
AB, Brown University, 1949. License Theology, University Toronto, 1952. Master of Sacred Theology, Harvard University, 1953.
Doctor of Theology, Harvard University, 1959.
Instructor, Philadelphia Division School, 1960-1963; assistant professor, Philadelphia Division School, 1963-1966; associate professor, Philadelphia Division School, 1966-1974; professor, Episcopal Division School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974-1993; retired, Episcopal Division School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1993. Co-chairperson Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins, 1972-1973.
(Misrash on Torah books Numbers and Deuteronomy translated...)
Member Conference Anglican Theologians, Association Jewish Studies, Society Biblical Literature, Christian Study Group on Judaism (chairperson 1983-1985).
Married Mary VanZandt Rust, June 13, 1956. Children: William Thomas III, Stephen John.