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(1886-1981) Hymnologist, author. Ernest E. Ryden was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and died in Providence, Rhode Island. He wrote and translated more than 40 hymns that have been published in various church hymnals.

Full Name

Ernest E. Ryden

Locations

Chautauqua

Author's Timeline

1886

BIRTH

Ernest Edwin Ryden was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1886.

1914

OTHER

Mr. Rydan was pastor of the Grace Lutheran Church which conbined with the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Jamestown, New York, from 1914 to 1920.

1930

LITWORK

The Story of Our Hymns
Augustana Book Concern, Rock Island, Illinois

Nonfiction.

1959

LITWORK

The Story of Christian Hymnody
Augustana Book Concern, Rock Island, Illinois

Nonfiction.

1981

DEATH

Ernest E. Ryden died in Providence, Rhode Island, on January 1, 1981.

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