Charles Crozat Converse

For the California businessman, see Charles P. Converse.

Charles Crozat Converse
BornOctober 7, 1832
Warren, Massachusetts, US
DiedOctober 18, 1918
Englewood, New Jersey, US
Notable work"What a Friend We Have in Jesus"

Charles Crozat Converse (October 7, 1832 – October 18, 1918) was an American attorney who also worked as a composer of church songs. He is notable for setting to music the words of Joseph Scriven to become the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus".[1] Converse published an arrangement of "The Death of Minnehaha", with words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[2]

  1. ^ "Charles Crozat Converse". The Cyber Hymnnal. Archived from the original on May 27, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  2. ^ Cornelius, pg. 9