William Howard Doane
American businessman and composer
William Howard Doane (February 3, 1832 – December 24, 1915) was a manufacturer, inventor, hymn writer, choral director, church leader and philanthropist. He composed over 2,000 church hymns. More than seventy patents are credited to him for innovations in woodworking machinery. His philanthropy led to the renaming of the Granville Academy, as the Doane Academy, a boys' and girls' private preparatory school associated with Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he was a major benefactor.
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Works
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- A Little Talk With Jesus
- Draw me nearer
- I Am Thine, O Lord
- Near the Cross
- Neej garām
- Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
- Tell me the old, old story
- To God Be The Glory
- To God Be the Glory
- To the Work