W. McComb

Short Name: W. McComb
Full Name: McComb, William, 1793-1873
Birth Year: 1793
Death Year: 1873

McComb, William, author of "Chief of sinners though I be" (Christ All and All), was born in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland, in 1793, and was for several years a bookseller in Belfast. He published The Dirge of O'Neill, 1816; The School of the Sabbath, 1822; and The Voice of a Year, 1848. These together with smaller pieces were collected and pub. as The Poetical Works of William M'Comb, 1864.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)


Texts by W. McComb (3)AsAuthority LanguagesInstancessort descending
Bin das Haupt der Sünder ichW. McComb (Author)German2
Groß und schwer ist meine SchuldWilliam McComb (Author)German3
Chief of sinners though I beWilliam McComb(1738-1873) (Author)English79
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