1839 - 1913 Person Name: John Julian (1839-1913) Translator of "O Christ, Whose glory fills the heaven" in The Summit Choirbook Born: January 27, 1839, St. Agnes, Cornwall.
Died: January 22, 1913, Thirsk, Yorkshire, England.
Educated privately, Julian graduated from Durham University (MA 1887), Lambeth (DD 1894), and Howard University in Washington, DC (LLD 1894). He took Holy Orders in 1866, and served as Vicar of Wincobank (1876-1905) and Vicar of Topcliff, Yorkshire (1905-). However, he is best known as a hymnologist. The standard reference work in this field is his massive Dictionary of Hymnology: Origin and History of Christian Hymns and Hymnwriters of All Ages and Nations, Together with Biographical and Critical Notices of Their Authors and Translators. This work has been revised and reprinted several times; its publication dates include:
-- London: J. Murray, 1892
-- London: J. Murray, 1908 (this may be the edition revised by James Mearns (1855-1922), Vicar of Rushden, Hertfordshire)
--Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel Publications, 1985
His other works include:
Concerning Hymns, 1874
History of the Use of Hymns in Public Worship, and Their Proper Characteristics, 1894
Carols, Ancient and Modern, 1900
Julian donated his large collection of hymnological books and manuscripts to the Church House, Dean’s Yard, London, where it formed the hymnological department of the library.
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