Willard Gurdon Oxtoby

Background

Oxtoby, Willard Gurdon was born on July 29, 1933 in Kentfield, California, United States. Son of Gurdon Corning and Miriam Burrell (White) Oxtoby.

Education

Bachelor, Stanford University, 1955; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1962.

Career

Lecturer, assistant professor faculty divinity, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1960-1964; associate professor religious studies, Yale University, New Haven, 1966-1971; professor religious studies Trinity College, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, since 1971; director Centre for Religious Studies, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1976-1981. Co-president 33d International Congress Asian and North African Studies, 1990.

Achievements

• Willard Gurdon Oxtoby has been listed as a noteworthy Clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • The Meaning of Other Faiths (Library of living faith)

Membership

Member American Society for Study of Religion (president 1990-1993), American Academy Religion (monograph editor 1968-1970), Canada Society for Study Religion, North America Association for Study Religion, American Oriental Society, Canada Asian Studies Association.

Connections

Married Layla Jurji, September 27, 1968 (deceased June 1980). Children: David Merrill, Susan Elizabeth. Married Julia Ching, July 25, 1981.

Father:

Gurdon Corning Oxtoby

Mother:

Miriam Burrell (White) Oxtoby

Spouse:

Julia Ching

Spouse:

Layla Jurji

child:

David Merrill Oxtoby

child:

Susan Elizabeth Oxtoby