John D. Libbey

Libbey, John Daniel, b. June 28, 1830, at Baildon, Yorks. Moravian minister at various places; finally at Fairfield from 1886 to 1891; d. at Oakbrook, March 17, 1892. He contributed various translations to the Moravian Hymn Book, 1886, including "Glory, praise, to Thee be sung," p. 965, ii.; "O, be not thou dismayed," p. 873, i.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)