John Julian (priest)

For the pirate, see John Julian.

John Julian (27 January 1839 – 23 January 1913)[1] (no middle name on birth certificate) was a Church of England clergyman, known as the editor of A Dictionary of Hymnology.[2] Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first this was the common reference for those studying hymnody and hymnology. His own estimate was that there were 400,000 hymns in the scope of his chosen field; his correspondents for research numbered over 1000.[3] It was only superseded over a century later by the online Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology.[4]

  1. ^ Hayden, Andrew. British Hymn Writers and Composers: A Check-list. Croydon, England: Hymn Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 1977.
  2. ^ Julian, John (June 1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. London: John Murray.
  3. ^ Giles, Gordon. "Julian, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/98161. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ Grindal, Gracia (2016). "The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 9 May 2020.