William Cameron Townsend, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Cameron Townsend

American missionary

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1896

Place of Birth: Eastvale, California, United States

Date of Death: 23-Apr-1982

Profession: missionary, translator, Bible translator

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

William Cameron Townsend (July 9, 1896 – April 23, 1982) was a prominent twentieth-century American Christian missionary-linguist who founded Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics (now SIL International), both of which have long had as primary emphases the translation of the Bible into minority languages and the development of literacy and bilingual education programs in those languages.
They have also been involved in developing medical and other services among minority language groups.