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| Short Name: | John Webster Grant |
| Full Name: | Grant, John Webster, 1919- |
| Birth Year: | 1919 |
| Death Year: | 2006 |
Grant, John Webster. (Truro, Nova Scotia, June 27, 1919- ). United Church. Dalhousie University (Halifax), B.A., 1938, M.A., 1941; Keble College, Oxford, D.Phil., 1948. Served as a Navy chaplain during World War II; acted as editor-in-chief of Ryerson Press (Toronto), 1959-1963; taught church history at Pine Hill Divinity School (Halifax), 1948-1949; Union College (Vancouver), 1949-1957; in South India, 1958-1959; and at Emmanuel College (Toronto), 1963-?. He published many books and articles in his field of specialty, notably The church in the Canadian era (1972). His hymn-writing began with translations and paraphrases, but even they reveal his unusual range of talent and expertise.
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Texts by John Webster Grant (5) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Spirit, font of light | John Webster Grant, b. 1919 (Translator) | 5 | |
| King of the martyrs' noble band | John Webster Grant, 1919- (Translator) | English | 4 |
| O Holy Spirit, by whose breath | John Webster Grant (Translator (into English)) | English | 26 |
| The flaming banners of our King | John Webster Grant, 1919- (Translator) | English | 5 |
| With joy we go up to the house of the Lord | John Webster Grant, 1919- (Author) | 1 |
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