Background

TOWNSEND, William John was born on January 20, 1835. Son of Joseph and Mary Townsend of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Education

Percy Street Academy, Newcastle.

Career

Entered Ministry of Methodist New Connexion, 1860. President of Conference, 1886. General Missionary Secretary, 1886-1891.

Connexional Editor, 1894-1897. Member of Methodist Ecumenical Conferences, 1891- 1901. D. D. from Senatus of Western Maryland University, 1892.

President of National Free Church Council, 1902. Presidentof First United Methodist Conference, 1908. D. D.; retired Minister, United Methodist Church.

Works

• book

  • Madagascar: Its Missionaries and Martyrs (Classic Reprint)

    (Excerpt from Madagascar: Its Missionaries and Martyrs Th...)

  • The great schoolmen of the middle ages

    (The great schoolmen of the middle ages This book, "The gr...)

  • Madagascar: its missionaries and martyrs

    (Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this clas...)

  • The great schoolmen of the middle ages: An acount of their lives

    (This book was digitized and reprinted from the collection...)

  • The Great Schoolmen of the Middle Ages: An Account of Their Lives

    (The Great Schoolmen of the Middle Ages: An Account of The...)

  • The Great Schoolmen of the Middle Ages: An Account of Their Lives, and the Services They ... 1881 Hardcover

    (Lang:- English, Pages 387. Reprinted in 2015 with the hel...)

  • Madagascar its missionaries and martyrs
  • Madagascar : Its Missionaries and Martyrs

Connections

Spouse 1869, Jane Fletcher.

Father:

Joseph

Mother:

Mary Townsend

Spouse:

Jane Fletcher