Frederic W. MacDonald

Frederic W. MacDonald.

The Reverend Frederic William MacDonald (25 February 1842 – 16 October 1928) was an English cleric and writer.

Biography[]

He was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, being the second son, and fifth child then living, of George Browne Macdonald, a Wesleyan Methodist minister, and his wife Hannah Jones.^[1] Rev. MacDonald was married twice, first to Mary Cork on 11 August 1866^[2] and then to Elizabeth Anne Wright on 25 July 1916. His sisters were members of the famed Birmingham Set.

He died in Bournemouth, Dorset.

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

Notes[]

External links[]

• Works by Frederic W. Macdonald at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Frederic W. MacDonald at Internet Archive
• Works by Frederic W. MacDonald, at Hathi Trust