The Reverend Frederic William MacDonald (25 February 1842 – 16 October 1928) was an English cleric and writer.
Biography edit
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 edit
- 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).[3]
- 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 edit
Notes edit
- ^ MacDonald, Frederic W. (1919). As a Tale that is Told: Recollections of Many Years. London: Cassell & Company, p. 6.
- ^ MacDonald (1919), pp. 116–117.
- ^ "Review of Recreations of a Book-Lover by Frederic W. MacDonald". The London Quarterly Review. 116: 176. 1911.