Howard Walter
Howard Arnold Walter (August 19, 1883 – November 1, 1918) was an American Congregationalist minister, author, and hymnwriter. Howard Walter was born in New Britain, Connecticut, on August 19, 1883, Howard Arnold Walter was the son of Henry S. Walter, superintendent of the Stanley Rule & Level Company. Walter graduated from Princeton University in 1905, and in 1906, he traveled to the Empire of Japan to teach English at Waseda University.
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- Name
- Howard Walter
- Birth Name
- Howard Arnold Walter
- Born
- 19 August 1883
- Birthplace
- New Britain, Connecticut, US
- Died
- 1 November 1918
- Occupation
- * Minister
- Education
- * Princeton University (1905)
- Place of death
- Lahore, British Raj
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- literature · congregationalist polity
- Languages
- English
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There he wrote his mother a poem on his philosophy of life ("My Creed"), which became the hymn "I Would Be True" years after she submitted it to Harper's Magazine. When Walter returned to the US, he studied at Hartford Seminary, was ordained a Congregationalist minister, and was an assistant minister in Asylum Hill, Connecticut, for three years. Walter married Marguerite B. Darlington on November 21, 1910, in a Brooklyn, New York, service officiated by James Henry Darlington. In 1913, the family traveled to Lahore in the British Raj to allow Walter to teach and proselyte the Mohammedans there. Walter died of the Spanish flu in Lahore on November 1, 1918; he was buried there in the Indian Christian Cemetery, plot 211. His book The Religious Life of India: The Ahmadīya Movement was published posthumously.
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• Name — Howard Walter • Birth Name — Howard Arnold Walter • Born — 19 August 1883 • Birthplace — New Britain, Connecticut, US • Died — 1 November 1918 • Occupation — * Minister • author • hymnwriter • Education — * Princeton University (1905) • Hartford Seminary • Notable Works — "My Creed" ("I Would Be True") • Place of death — Lahore, British Raj • Burial Place — Indian Christian Cemetery Lahore, British Raj
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1883
Howard Walter born at New Britain.
1918
Howard Walter died at Lahore.
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- 1.Marriage Licenses. Brooklyn Standard Union. 1910-10-31.
- 2.Mr. Walter Is Married. Hartford Courant. 1910-11-22. 1047-4153.
- 3.National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Volume #: Volume 001: Colombo, Ceylon
- 4.Walter, H. A. The Religious Life of India: The Ahmadīya Movement. Association Press. 11. 1918.
- 5.Consulate General of the United States, Karachi. U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974. 1920-07-02.
- 6.Osbeck, Kenneth W. 101 More Hymn Stories. Kregel Publications. 141–142. 1985. 0-8254-3420-3.
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