Rev. Dr. Peter Toon, Anglican historian and theologian, died on Saturday, April 25, in San Diego. He had been being diagnosed with a rare disease last spring. He was 69 years old.
He is survived by his wife, Vita, and daughter, Deborah. More information can be found here, including a list of his published works.
Several of his books are available online for free under the following categories:
His first book was one that undoubtedly still has value for readers today: The Emergence of Hyper-Calvinism in English Nonconformity, 1689-1765.
I would like to express public gratitude for his early labors on John Owen. Toon’s biography, God’s Statesman: The Life and Work of John Owen–Pastor, Educator, Theologian
(1973), remains the best biography available. Dr. Toon also uncovered the scant correspondence of Owen’s that remains (no longer online, unfortunately), as well as Owen’s Oxford Orations.
So I give thanks to God for the faithful labors of Dr. Toon.
HT: James Grant