William Howard Doane
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1832 – 1915
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Who was William Howard Doane?
William Howard Doane was an industrialist who composed Christian hymn tunes. He held patents on wood-working machinery and in 1861 became President of J. A. Fay and Company. In religious work he headed the Ohio Baptist Convention Ministers Aid Society for the Midwest. In 1875 he received his doctorate in music from Denison University. In his musical career he edited forty-three collections of hymns and composed hundreds of hymns. He composed the music to several hymns by Fanny Crosby.
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- Born
- Feb 3, 1832
Preston - Also known as
- 威廉·霍华德·杜安
- Education
- Woodstock Academy
- Denison University
- Died
- Dec 23, 1915
South Orange
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on July 23, 2013
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