John Webster Grant

Short Name: John Webster Grant
Full Name: Grant, John Webster, 1919-
Birth Year: 1919
Death Year: 2006

Grant, John Webster. (Truro, Nova Scotia, June 27, 1919- ). United Church. Dalhousie University (Halifax), B.A., 1938, M.A., 1941; Keble College, Oxford, D.Phil., 1948. Served as a Navy chaplain during World War II; acted as editor-in-chief of Ryerson Press (Toronto), 1959-1963; taught church history at Pine Hill Divinity School (Halifax), 1948-1949; Union College (Vancouver), 1949-1957; in South India, 1958-1959; and at Emmanuel College (Toronto), 1963-?. He published many books and articles in his field of specialty, notably The church in the Canadian era (1972). His hymn-writing began with translations and paraphrases, but even they reveal his unusual range of talent and expertise.

--Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives


Texts by John Webster Grant (5)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Holy Spirit, font of lightJohn W. Grant (Translator)6
King of the martyrs' noble bandJohn Webster Grant (Translator)4
O Holy Spirit, by whose breathJohn Webster Grant, 1919-2006 (Translator)English25
The flaming banners of our KingJohn Webster Grant (Translator)English5
With joy we go up to the house of the LordJohn Webster Grant, 1919- (Author)2
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