Joseph M. Scriven

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1819 – 1886

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Who was Joseph M. Scriven?

Joseph Medlicott Scriven, was an Irish poet, best known as the writer of the poem which became the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus".

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Born
Sep 10, 1819
Dublin
Also known as
  • Joseph Scriv­en
  • Joseph Medlicott Scriven
  • Scriven, Joseph Medlicott
Education
  • Trinity College, Dublin
Lived in
  • Dublin
Died
Aug 10, 1886

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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