About Emma F. R. Campbell
Lived 1831 – 1919 (aged 87–88). Emma F. R. Campbell was an American hymnwriter and teacher.
Emma Frances Riggs Campbell ( – ) was an American hymnwriter and author. She is best known for her hymn "Jesus of Nazareth Passeth By".
Campbell graduated from the Packer Institute for Girls in Brooklyn, New York in 1959. She and a sister opened a school in Morristown, New Jersey in the 1860s. She taught Sunday school for 37 years at the First Presbyterian Church in Morristown.
Campbell published several other hymns, a collection of verse, several children's novels, and a short biography of her brother-in-law Ossian Hart.
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Who was Emma F. R. Campbell?
American hymn writer
When was Emma F. R. Campbell born?
Emma F. R. Campbell was born in 1831 in Newark.
When did Emma F. R. Campbell die?
Emma F. R. Campbell died on 25 February 1919 in Morristown.
What was Emma F. R. Campbell's occupation?
Emma F. R. Campbell was a hymnwriter and teacher.
What nationality was Emma F. R. Campbell?
Emma F. R. Campbell was American.
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