Frederic W. MacDonald.

The Reverend Frederic William MacDonald (25 February 1842 – 16 October 1928) was an English cleric and writer.

Biography

He was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, being the second son, and fifth child then living, of George Browne Macdonald, a Wesleyan Methodist minister, and his wife Hannah Jones.[1] Rev. MacDonald was married twice, first to Mary Cork on 11 August 1866[2] and then to Elizabeth Anne Wright on 25 July 1916. His sisters were members of the famed Birmingham Set.

He died in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Works

  • The Dogmatic Principle in Relation to Christian Belief (1881).
  • Fletcher of Madeley (1886).
  • The Life of William Morley Punshon, LL.D. (1887).
  • The Latin Hymns in the Wesleyan Hymn Book (1899).
  • The Shining Hour (1900).
  • In a Nook with a Book (1907).
  • Recreations of a Book-Lover (1911).[3]
  • Reminiscences of my Early Ministry (1913).
  • Some Pictures on my Walls (1914).
  • As a Tale that is Told: Recollections of Many Years (1919).

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ MacDonald, Frederic W. (1919). As a Tale that is Told: Recollections of Many Years. London: Cassell & Company, p. 6.
  2. ↑ MacDonald (1919), pp. 116–117.
  3. ↑ "Review of Recreations of a Book-Lover by Frederic W. MacDonald". The London Quarterly Review. 116: 176. 1911.
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