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| Short Name: | Henry Martyn Dexter |
| Full Name: | Dexter, Henry Martyn, 1821-1890 |
| Birth Year: | 1821 |
| Death Year: | 1890 |
Dexter, Henry Martyn, D.D., born at Plympton, Mass., Aug. 13, 1821, and educated at Yale College, and Andover. In 1844 he was ordained Pastor of a Congregational Church at Manchester, New Haven. In 1849 he removed to the Berkeley Street Congregational Church, Boston, where he remained until his appointment as Editor of the Congregationalist, in 1867. Dr. Dexter is the translator of “Shepherd of tender youth" [see Clemens, Titus], in common usage in Great Britain and America. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Texts by Henry Martyn Dexter (5) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyrde for lam og faar | H. M. Dexter (Author) | 2 | |
| Oh, tierno y buen pastor | Henry M. Dexter, 1821-1890 (Tr. ingl.) | Spanish | 5 |
| Pastor a naayat | Henry M. Dexter (Translator) | Tagalog | 2 |
| Shepherd of tender youth | Henry M. Dexter (Translator) | English | 228 |
| Thou art our holy Lord | H. M. Dexter (Author) | 2 |
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