Macduff, John R. (John Ross), 1818-1895 (Personal Name)

Author of The shepherd and his flock. The twinkling star, 1827 (name not given)

MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Macduff, John R. (John Ross), 1818-1895; usage: John R. Macduff; J.R. Macduff)

LC in RLIN, 3/6/86 (hdg.: Macduff, John Ross, 1818-1895)

The Thoughts of God, 1863: t.p. (J.R. MacDuff)

OCLC, Apr. 24, 1996 (hdg.: MacDuff, John Ross, 1818-1895; usage: J.R. MacDuff)

Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae, 1915- : v. 3, p. 468 (under Sandyford: John Ross Macduff, born 23rd May 1818; educated at High School and Unv. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Perth in 1842; ord. to Kettins 29th Dec. 1842; trans. to St Madoes 21st June 1849; trans. and adm. 11th Oct. 1855; D.D. (New York 1858), D.D. (Glasgow 1862); adm. first min. of the parish in 1864; res. 12th Nov. 1870; devoted himself to literature; died at Ravensbrook, Chislehurst, 30th April 1895; wrote many hyms including "Christ is coming! Let creation"; lists publications)

Wikipedia, 30 October 2015 (John Ross Macduff (23 May 1818-30 April 1895) was a Scottish divine and a prolific author of religious essays; published many practical and devotional works; Born in Bonhard, Scone, Perthshire; was ordained as minister of Kettins, a parish in Forfarshire in 1843; returned to St Madoes, a parish in Perthshire in 1849 which he left to take charge of Sandyford, a new church in Glasgow; went to live in Chislehurst, Kent, in order to focus entirely on writing; In 1857 he was appointed by the General Assembly a member of their Hymnal Committee. His 31 hymns appeared in his Altar Stones, 1853, and were also included with his later poems in his The Gates of Praise, 1876; died in Chislehurst)