John H. Leith

Dr. John Haddon Leith (1919-2002) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and a professor of historical theology at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. He held degrees from Erskine College, Columbia Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University, and Yale University Graduate School, and he received honorary degrees from Erskine College, Davidson College, and Presbyterian College. He valued brevity and understood that simplicity is close to integrity, so that he desired in his writings to communicate the gospel and the faith of the church in a straightforward and understandable way.