Katharine Elinda Nash Purvis | |
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| Born | Katharine Elinda Nash May 19, 1842 Towanda, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | October 23, 1907 (aged 65) Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, political activist, orator, and hymn lyricist |
| Years active | 1860-1907 |
| Known for | Lyricist of When the Saints Are Marching In and Walk Beside Me |
| Parent | Rev. Charles Nash |
Katharine Elinda Nash Purvis (May 19, 1842 – October 23, 1907) was an educator, political activist, orator, and hymn lyricist in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[1] She is best known as the lyricist for When the Saints Are Marching In and Walk Beside Me, which were reproduced more than five million times during the publication of seventy-five hymnals by the early 1900s.[2][3]