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John D. Libbey

Short Name: John D. Libbey
Full Name: Libbey, John D. (Daniel), 1830-1892
Birth Year: 1830
Death Year: 1892

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)


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