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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. Rev. MacDonald was married twice, first to Mary Cork on 11 August 1866 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). * ''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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of Frederic William MacDonald
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period. They represent some of the oldest forms of art in the Middle East and demonstrate that the prehistoric population took great care in burying their ancestors below their homes. The skulls denote some of the earliest sculptural examples of portraiture in the history of art. Historical portraitur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
