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William Maccall

Short Name: William Maccall
Full Name: Maccall, William, 1812-1888
Birth Year: 1812
Death Year: 1888

Maccall, William, son of William Maccall, was born at Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, Feb. 25, 1812. In 1868, he published several translations from the Danish as Hymns of Denmark by Gilbert Tait. He has also published Hymns of Sweden rendered into English. He died Nov. 19, 1888.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Born: February 25, 1812, Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Died: November 9, 1888, Bexley Heath (near London), England.

Maccall earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Glasgow, then studied theology in Geneva, Switzerland. Ordained a Unitarian minister, he pastored in Bolton, Lancashire (1837-40) and Crediton, Devonshire (1841-46), then moved to London. His works include:
Hymns of Sweden Rendered into English, 1868
Hymns of Denmark by Gilbert Tait
Russian Hymns, 1879
Christian Legends, 1884

Sources:
Erickson, p. 341
Stulken, pp. 386-87

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/c/maccall_w.htm

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http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Maccall,_William_%28DNB00%29


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