William Cameron Townsend
Missionary, Author
1896 – 1982
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Who was William Cameron Townsend?
William Cameron Townsend was a prominent twentieth-century American Christian missionary who founded Wycliffe Bible Translators and Summer Institute of Linguistics, both of which have long had as their emphases translations of the Bible in minority languages and the facilitation of literacy in minority languages.
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- Born
- Jul 9, 1896
Eastvale, California - Also known as
- William Townsend
- Spouses
- Religion
- Christianity
- Profession
- Education
- Occidental College
- Died
- Apr 23, 1982
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on July 23, 2013
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