Background
Shields, Thomas Todhunter was born on November 1, 1873 in Bristol, England. Son of Thomas Todhunter and Maria (Davis) Shields.
Shields, Thomas Todhunter was born on November 1, 1873 in Bristol, England. Son of Thomas Todhunter and Maria (Davis) Shields.
Educated Bristol, England. Honorary Doctor of Divinity, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, 1919, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1917.
; married second, Leota Griffin. 1934. Ordained to ministry of Baptist Church, 1897. Pastor, Delhi, Ontario, Hamilton, Ontario, London, Ontario, 1897-1910, Jarvis Saint Church, Toronto, Ontario, since 1910.
President Toronto Baptist Seminary since 1927.
Served as vice president Home Mission Board, Baptist Convention of Ontario and Petroquest Energy, thirteen years. Member board governors McMaster University, eight years. President Canadian Protestant League since inception, October 1941.
Married Elizabeth M. Kitchen, 1899 (deceased. Married second, Leota Griffin.