John Warwick Montgomery

John Warwick Montgomery was born October 18, 1931 in Warsaw, New York. He is Emeritus Professor of Law and Humanities, University of Luton, England, and since his retirement has continued to work as a barrister who specialises in religious freedom cases in international Human Rights law. He is also noted for his major contributions as a writer, lecturer and public debater in the field of Christian apologetics. He maintains his activities in apologetics, by serving as the director of the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism & Human Rights, Strasbourg, France. Since 1997 he has also been Distinguished Professor of Law and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, UK and Europe, Trinity College, Newburgh, Indiana, USA, an institution that specialises in distance education. He is the editor of the theological e-zine Journal of Classical Theology.

Family

Montgomery traces his ancestry back to Comte Roger de Montgomery who accompanied William the Conqueror in 1066 in the invasion of England. Montgomery's more immediate branch of the family hailed from County Antrim in Ireland. His parents were Maurice Warwick Montgomery (owned a retail feed company) and Harriet (Smith) Montgomery. He has one sibling a sister.

Related Topics:
Comte Roger de Montgomery - William the Conqueror - England - County Antrim - Ireland

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Montgomery has been twice married (first marriage to Joyce Ann Bailer; second marriage to Lanalee de Kant). He has three children from the first marriage: Elizabeth, David and Catherine. He has an adopted son from his second marriage.

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