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O, what is man, great Maker of mankind!

Appears in 17 hymnals

[Oh what is man, great Maker of mankind]

Appears in 274 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. Langran Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 31235 43321 33252 Used With Text: Man

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Man

Hymnal: The Service Hymnal with an introductory service #56 (1904) First Line: Oh what is man, great Maker of mankind Tune Title: [Oh what is man, great Maker of mankind]

O what is man, great Maker of mankind

Author: John Davies Hymnal: Templi Carmina #d180 (1853)

O what is man, great Maker of mankind

Author: John Davies Hymnal: The Modern Harp #d188 (1846)

1835 - 1909 Person Name: J. Langran Composer of "[Oh what is man, great Maker of mankind]" in The Service Hymnal with an introductory service James Langran (b. St. Pancras, London, England, November 10, 1835; d. Tottenham, London, England, June 8, 1909) studied organ as a youth but did not receive his Bachelor of Music degree from Oxford until he was forty-nine years old. He had several organist positions–the longest was at St. Paul's Church, Tottenham, England, from 1870 to 1909. He also taught music at St. Katherine's Training College for Schoolmistresses (1878-1909). Music editor of theNew Mitre Hymnal　(1875), Langran composed around fifty hymn tunes and contributed several of them to early editions of Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

John Davies

1570 - 1626 Author of "O what is man, great Maker of mankind" Davies, Sir John (Davis), born in 1570, died Dec. 7th, 1626. His works make 3 vols. in Dr. Grosart's Fuller Worthies' Library, 1876. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Sir Henry Wotton

1568 - 1639 Person Name: Sir H. Wotton Author of "Man Immortal" in The Gospel Psalmist Wotton, Sir Henry, M.A., born in Kent in 1568, and educated at New and at Queen's Colleges, Oxford. After spending nine years on the Continent, on his return he became secretary to Robert, Earl of Essex, with whom he continued until Essex was committed for high treason, when he retired to Florence. There he became known to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and was sent by him, in the name of "Octavio Baldi," with letters to James VI., King of Scotland, in which the king was informed of a design against his life. On succeeding to the English throne James knighted Wotton and sent him as ambassador to the Republic of Venice. In 1623 he was made Provost of Eton (having previously taken Deacon's Orders). He died in 1639. His works include The Elements of Architecture, Parallel between the Earl of Essex and the Duke of Buckingham, Essay on Education, &c. His poems and other matters found in his manuscripts were published posthumously by Izaak Walton in 1651, as Reliquiae Wottonianae. This has been several times reprinted --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)