John D. Julian

John Julian, 1839 - 1913 (no middle name on birth certificate) was a clergyman and the editor of A Dictionary of Hymnology [cite book
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He graduated from Durham University (MA, 1887), from Lambeth (DD, 1894) and from Howard University, Washington DC (LLD, 1894).

He was Vicar of Topcliffe, Yorkshire; Prebendary of Church Fenton in York Minster; and Canon of York.

He also wrote Concerning Hymns (1874), History of the Use of Hymns in Pub­lic Wor­ship, and Their Pro­per Char­ac­ter­is­tics (1894), and Carols, An­cient and Mo­dern (1900). [cite web
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