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| Short Name: | John Howland Lathrop |
| Full Name: | Lathrop, John Howland, 1880- |
| Birth Year: | 1880 |
| Death Year: | 1967 |
Lathrop, Rev. John Howland, D.D. (Jackson, Michigan, June 6, 1880-1967). He graduated from Meadville Theological School in 1903, then entered Harvard where he took an A.B. in 1905. He also studied at the University of Chicago, and the University of Jena. He served as minister of the First Unitarian Church of Berkeley, California, 1905-1911, and the First Unitarian Congregational Church of Brooklyn, New York, 1911-1957, when he became pastor emeritus. In 1935 he wrote a hymn for Palm Sunday beginning "Hosanna in the highest! Our eager hearts acclaim," which was included in Hymns of the Spirit (1937), set to St. Theodulph.
| Texts by John Howland Lathrop (3) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosanna in the highest, Our eager hearts acclaim | John Howard Lathrop (Author) | 3 | |
| O bold, O foolish peasants | John Howland Lathrop (Author) | English | 3 |
| O first of many prophets | John Howland Lathrop (Author) | 1 |