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| Short Name: | J. F. Elwin |
| Full Name: | Elwin, J. F. (John Fountain), 1809-1890 |
| Birth Year: | 1809 |
| Death Year: | 1890 |
Elwin, John Fountain, F.R.C.S., son of Col. Fountain Elwin, was born in Sicily, June 8, 1809; was Medical Superintendent of the British Medical Mission from 1872 to 1885; and died Nov. 17, 1890. A few of his hymns are in the Enlarged London Hymn Book, 1873, including "Peace, what a precious sound" (Peace with God).
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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