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Short Name: | Henry K. Oliver |
Full Name: | Oliver, Henry K. (Henry Kemble), 1800-1885 |
Birth Year: | 1800 |
Death Year: | 1885 |
Henry Kemble Oliver (b. Beverly, MA, 1800; d. Salem, MA, 1885) was educated at Harvard and Dartmouth. He taught in the public schools of Salem (1818-1842) and was superintendent of the Atlantic Cotton Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts (1848-1858). His civic service included being mayor of Lawrence (18591861) and Salem (1877-1880), state treasurer (1861-1865), and organizer of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics and Labor (1867-1873). Oliver was organist at several churches, including Park Street Congregational Church in Boston, North Church in Salem, and the Unitarian Church in Lawrence. A founder of the Mozart Association and several choral societies in Salem, he published his hymn tunes in Hymn and Psalm Tunes (1860) and Original Hymn Tunes (1875).
Bert Polman
Texts by Henry K. Oliver (3)![]() | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
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Musing in the silent grove | H. K. Oliver (Author) | 2 | |
See my Shepherd gently guide | H. K. Oliver (Author) | 3 | |
Wake, all ye soaring tribes and sing | H. K. Oliver (Author) | 2 |