Norvad Clyne

Clyne, Norval, M.A., son of the late Captain Jolm Clyne, of the Royal Scots Regiment, was born at Ballycastle, Ireland, Feb. 21, 1617, studied and graduated M.A. at the University of Aberdeen (Marischal College), and in 1846 became a member of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen. He is the author of Ballads from Scottish History, 1863, &c. He was appointed one of the Aberdeen members of the Committee which compiled the Draft Hymnal for the Scottish Church, 1857, and contributed to it two hymns, viz., "Chief Shepherd of the chosen fold," and "Jesu! Heaven's eternal King," which he afterwards included in the Aberdeen Hymnal, of which he was the compiler. Thence they have passed into various collections. A Christmas carol by him, "The blasts of chill December sound," originally published in The Scottish Witness, has been included, as No. 64, in the Rev. R. R. Chope's Carols for use in Church, 1875. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Clyne, Norval, p. 239, i. His Ballads from Scottish History, were first published in 1844. His Christmas Carol, “The blasts of chill December sound," was written in 1868. He died at Aberdeen, Dec. 31, 1888.

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