WOODBURNE, Angus Stewart. London, Ontario 1.9.1881 — Madurai 13.2.1938. Rev. Canadian Missionary in India. Son of Thomas Woodburne and Anne Elizabeth Cathro. Studies at McMaster in Toronto (B.A. 1906, M.A. 1910) and University of Chicago (B.D. 1917, Ph.D. 1918). Ordained Baptist minister in 1906. In 1906-14 missionary in India. In 1920-30 Professor of philosophy at Madras Christian College. From 1930 Professor of theology at Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland, PA. Died after a brief illness during a visit to India.  Married 1906 Helen Letitia White.

Publications: “The Indianization of Christianity”, Journal of Religion 1, 1921, 66-75; “Can India’s Caste System Survive in Modern Life?”, Journal of Religion 2, 1922, 525-537; “The Present Religious Situation in India”, Journal of Religion 3, 1923, 387-397; “The Idea of God in Hinduism”, Journal of Religion 5, 1925, 52-66; “The Indian Appreciation of Jesus”, Journal of Religion 7, 1927, 43-55.

– “The Evil Eye in South Indian Folklore”, Intern. Review of Missions 24, 1935, 237-247.

– The Theory of Knowledge from Locke to Kant. L. 1929; other books not dealing with South Asia.

Sources: prabook.com.