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Ira Allan Sankey, 1874-1915

Born: Au­gust 30, 1874, Ed­in­burgh, Scot­land.
Died: December 30, 1915, United States.

Son of Ira Sank­ey, Al­len stu­died ci­vil en­gin­eer­ing and ar­chi­tect­ure at Prince­ton Un­i­ver­si­ty, grad­u­at­ing in 1897. In 1898, he be­came pre­si­dent of the Big­low & Main mu­sic pub­lish­ers in New York Ci­ty. He al­so served as vice-pre­si­dent of the Leeds and Cat­lin Pho­no­graph Com­pa­ny, and on the Ad­vi­so­ry Board of the Green­ich Bank.

His works in­clude:
The Male Quar­tette, with George Steb­bins
Best En­dea­vor Hymns, with John Cle­ments (New York: The Big­low & Main Co., 1907)
Hallowed Hymns, New and Old (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: The Big­low & Main Co., 1908)

Sources--
Hall, pp. 409-410

Music--
Cidenton
Go and Work!
Great Is His Mercy
Kept for Je­sus
Lead Me
Lord, Send Us Forth
Never Give Up
Old Orchard
Year of Pre­cious Bless­ings, A

--hymntime.com/tch