The Reverend Frederic William MacDonald (25 February 1842 – 16 October 1928) was an English cleric and writer.
Biography
He was born in
Leeds, Yorkshire
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, 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
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were members of the famed
Birmingham Set
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.
He died in
Bournemouth, Dorset
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.
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
*
MacDonald Sisters
The Macdonald sisters were four English women of part-Scottish descent born during the 19th century, notable for their marriages to well-known men. Alice, Georgiana, Agnes and Louisa were the daughters of Reverend George Browne Macdonald (1805–18 ...
Notes
External links
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Works by Frederic W. MacDonald at
Hathi Trust
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1842 births
1928 deaths
English Methodists
English Christian religious leaders
Methodist theologians
Clergy from Leeds
19th-century English people