Ansah was born on 4 September 1919 at Axim, a town in the Western Region of Ghana.
[3][4][5] Ansah returned to Ghana in 1950 and took up a teaching appointment at his alma mater; Wesley College.
[5][6][7] He entered parliament in June 1965 representing the Tarkwa-Aboso constituency on the ticket of the Convention People's Party.
[7] He composed Ghanaian patriotic songs such as Momoane Beyennzo in Nzema and Dzin Pa Sen Ahonya.
[10] Nsein Senior High School hold the Timothy Ansah Lectures annually in his honour.