Background
Tinkham, William Knipe was born on February 22, 1916 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Nelson and Mabel Winsor (White) Tinkham.
Tinkham, William Knipe was born on February 22, 1916 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Nelson and Mabel Winsor (White) Tinkham.
Student New College, U. Oxford, England, 1945-1947. Bachelor of Arts, Boston University, 1954. Department of Administration and Management, Harvard University, 1957.
Postgraduate Tufts University, 1958-1959.
Branch manager New Bedford Massachusetts Institution Savings, 1936—1942, 1947—1950. Lecturer history Lasell Junior College, Newton, Massachusetts, 1959—1960. Instructor history Boston State College, 1962—1966, assistant professor, 1966—1968, associate professor, 1968—1983, retired, 1983.
Member national council Evangelical & Catholic Mission Episcopalian Church. Junior warden, member corporation vestry Church Advent, Boston, Episcopalian Synod American. With infantry United States Army, 1942-1945.
Member of Wamsutta Club, Harvard Club (Boston), Oxford Society, Prayer Book Society Episcopalian Church, Society King Charles the Martyr, Friends Lambeth Palace Library. London, Guild Friends Winchester Cathedral, New College Society Oxford, New England History Genealogical Society, Oxford & Cambridge Society New England, Harvard Graduate Society Advanced Study & Research, Old Dartmouth History Society, Plimoth Plantation, American History Association, Beacon Hill Civic Association, English-Speaking Union, American Church Union (vice president New England branch 1960-1970), Massachusetts Society Mayflower Descendants, American Friends Pusey House (Oxford), Mediaeval Academy American, Boston Athenaeum (life), Phi Alpha Theta, American Legion.
Married Caroline Brown Tinkham, October 23, 1965.