Short Name: | William T. Davis |
Full Name: | Davis, William T. (William Thomas) 1822-1907 |
Birth Year: | 1822 |
Death Year: | 1907 |
Davis, William T., born at Plymouth [U.S.A.], in 1822, educated at Harvard College, and is a lawyer by profession. His quasi American National Hymn was written for the 250th Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, Massachusetts, Dec. 21, 1870. It begins, "To Thee, O God, Whose guiding hand."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
Texts by William T. Davis (1)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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To thee, O God, whose guiding hand | William T. Davis (Author) | English | 12 |