 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (April 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Rev. John Brownlie D.D. (3 August 1857 - 18 November 1925) was a Scottish hymnodist best known for his translations of early Greek and Latin hymns into English. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He received his higher education at the University of Glasgow and the Free Church College. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Glasgow in 1884. In 1885 became assistant minister of Trinity Free Church in Portpatrick, Wigtonshire, Scotland and succeeded the senior pastor there upon his death in 1890. He became a governor of Stranraer High School in 1897, and chairman of the governors in 1901. Glasgow University awarded him an honorary D.D. degree in 1908 for his work in hymnology. He died in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland and was buried in Portpatrick.
References
- John Brownlie - cyberhymnal.org
- John Brownlie - Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- John Brownlie - hymnary.org
External links
- Works by John Brownlie at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about John Brownlie at the Internet Archive
- Works by John Brownlie at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- 1857 births
- 1925 deaths
- Free Church of Scotland hymnwriters
- Hymnologists
- 19th-century ministers of the Free Church of Scotland
- 19th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers
- Clergy from Glasgow
- 20th-century ministers of the Free Church of Scotland
- 20th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers
- 19th-century British musicologists