David Thomas Morgan
David Thomas Morgan (17 September 1809 – 14 November 1886)[1] was a British timber merchant, known as a translator of hymns.[2]
Life
Morgan was born in East Ham, and attended a school in Woodford run by Dr. Oake.[2] He traded in timber under his own name, then going into partnership with his cousin, Thomas Samuel Gellibrand, the partners trading as Morgan, Gellibrand & Co.[3] He was also a director of the Surrey Commercial Dock Company.[4][5]
In 1861 Morgan moved from
Salvation Army.[6][7][8][9] He withdrew from the partnership with Gellibrand and David John Morgan, his son, in 1867.[10]
Family
Morgan married in 1839 Mary Ridge, youngest daughter of the late Captain James Brook Ridge, of the East India Company Army.[11][12] Their children included:
- Henry Thornhill Morgan, eldest son, cleric.[13]
- David John Morgan, partner in Morgan, Gellibrand & Co. and Member of Parliament.[14][15]
- Charles James Morgan (1855/6–1929), at
Mary Morgan died at Oakhurst, South Weald in 1900.[18]
Translations from Latin
Morgan published in 1871 Hymns of the Latin Church, which was printed privately. [19] It was followed by Hymns and Poems of the Latin Church, Translated (1880), a collection with about twice as many translations.[1]
His translations included:
- Ad perennis vitae fontem, as "For Life's Eternal Spring".[20]
- Chorea mutualis sive lessus de sortis et mortis in humanas res imperio by Jacob Balde[21]
- Clarum decus jejunii by Gregory the Great, as "Depths of love with power divine".[22]
- Collaudemus Magdalenae as "Sing we now with praiseful voices".[23]
- Cum me tenent fallacia by Wilhelm Alard.[24]
- Dies irae, dies illa as "The day of wrath, that dreadful day".[25]
- Gloriosus Salvatoris, as "The glories of the Saviour's Name".[26]
- Jam Christi sol justitiae, as "Jesu, Sun of our salvation".[27]
- Labente jam solis rota by Charles Coffin, as "Now with rapid wheel inclining"[28]
- Lugete, pacis Angeli by Charles Coffin, as "Angels of peace, bewail"[29]
- Nato nobis Salvatore by Adam of St Victor, as "Come, let us celebrate the morn"[30]
- Nil laudibus nostris eges by Charles Coffin, as "Father in heaven! Thy glory".[31]
- O esca viatorum, as "Behold the traveller fed".[32]
- O fons amoris, Spiritus by Charles Coffin, as "All-Gracious Spirit, fount of love".[33]
- From the Sequences of Adam of St Victor, 15 pieces.[34]
- O fortis, o clemens Deus by Charles Coffin, as "Unto Thee, O Father, merciful and mighty".[35]
- O Luce qui mortalibus by Charles Coffin, as "God, who in the unapproached light".[36]
- O quam juvat fratres, Deus by Charles Coffin, as "O God, O loving God, by whom Thy Church".[37]
- O quanta qualia sunt illa Sabbata by Peter Abelard, as "O what must be the sabbaths".[38]
- Primo dierum omnium by Gregory the Great, as "Welcome! thou chiefest of all days".[39]
- Qui procedis ab utroque by Adam of St Victor, as "O Comforter, All-blessed one".[40]
- From Quicumque Christum quaeritis by Prudentius, as "Sweet Martyr flowers, fresh from your early dawn".[41]
- Recordare Sanctae Crucis by Bonaventure, as "In the holy Cross delight".[42]
- Rerum Creator omnium by Charles Coffin, as "Maker of all, vouchsafe to bless".[43]
- Rex Christe, factor omnium by Gregory the Great, as "O Thou by Whom the worlds were made".[44]
- Salve Mundi salutare, supposed to be by Bernard of Clairvaux, as "Saviour of the world, to Thee, Blessed One I bow the knee".[45]
- Splendor paternae gloriae by Ambrose, as "O Thou, the Splendour of the Father's glory" (1871) and "O Thou the Brightness of the Father's glory" (1880).[46]
- Stabat mater dolorosa, as "By His Cross the Mother stood, Hanging on its fatal wood".[47]
- Statuta decreto Dei by Charles Coffin, as "Sing we now redeeming love".[48]
- Stola regni laureatus by Adam of St Victor, as "To the apostolic cohort" (1871) and "Glorious cohort apostolic".[49]
- Summi pusillus grex Patris by Guillaume de la Brunetière, as "Little flock, be not afraid".[50]
- Supernae matris gaudia by Adam of St Victor, as "Those endless joys the Church on earth pourtrays".[51]
- Supreme Motor cordium by Charles Coffin, as "O Sovereign Mover of the heart".[52]
- Templi sacratas pande, Sion, fores by Jean-Baptiste de Santeüil, as "Set wide the temple gate".[53]
- Tu Christe nostrum gaudium as "O Christ, our joy, gone up on high".[54]
- Ultricibus nos undique by Charles Coffin, as "Great Searcher of our hearts, whilst Thy, &c."[55]
- Urbs beata Hierusalem dicta pacis visio, as "Hail Jerusalem the blessed, peaceful city, vision dear".[56]
- Ut jucundas cervus undas, aestuans desiderat, as "The thirsty hart pants with desire".[57]
- Urbs Syon inclyta, as "Hail Zion, city of our God".[58]
- Veni creator spiritus, as "Creator Spirit, come in love".[59]
- Veni redemptor gentium, translated as "O Come, Redeemer of Mankind" (1880).[60][61]
- Veni sancte spiritus, as "Come, Holy Spirit, nigh, And from the Heaven on high".[62]
- Verbum caro factum est, Ex virgine Maria, as "Not made, nor yet created, came".[63]
- Vox clarescat, mens purgetur, as "With hearts renewed, and cleansed from guilt of sin".[64]
- Vox sonora nostri chori, as "Come let our choir, with full accord".[65]
Robert Maude Moorsom's Historical Companion to Hymns Ancient & Modern mentioned four of Morgan's translations included in that collection.[66]
Notes
- ^ John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 1580.
- ^ a b "Death of Mr. David Thomas Morgan". Essex Times. 19 November 1886. p. 5.
- ^ Timber and Wood-working Machinery. Middlesex Publishing Company. 1897. p. 206.
- ^ The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies: For the Year .... 1867. 1867. p. 397.
- ^ The Joint stock companies' directory. 1867. p. 1221.
- ^ Bosworth, George Frederick (1915). The Manor of Walthamstow Toni Or High Hall. Walthamstow Antiquarian Society. p. 34.
- ^ Historic England. "Clock House, Wood Street (1065569)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ "Walthamstow: Roman Catholicism, Nonconformity and Judaism, British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.
- ISBN 978-1-904356-49-3.
- ^ "Partnerships Dissolved". The Globe. 5 January 1867. p. 1.
- ^ "Married". Dorset County Chronicle. 25 April 1839. p. 3.
- ^ Parbury's oriental herald and colonial intelligencer. 1839. p. 563.
- Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ISBN 978-0-391-00613-3.
- ^ "Morgan, David John". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 29 April 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ St Peter's College, Radley (1923). Register, 1847-1923. Radleian Society at the University Press. p. 82.
- ^ "Fashionable & Personal". Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser. 11 October 1929. p. 10.
- ^ "Death of Mr. D. J. Morgan's Mother". Chelmsford Chronicle. 9 February 1900. p. 7.
- ^ Morgan, David Thomas (1871). Hymns of the Latin Church. Translated by D. T. Morgan. With the originals appended. Privately printed.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 13.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 108.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 236.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 243.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 34.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 34.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 427.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 576.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 636.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 702.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 785.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 807.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 828.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 829.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 300.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 830.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 842.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 846.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 846.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 913.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 947.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 947.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 953.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 956.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 958.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 991.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 1080.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 1083.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 1088.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 1095.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 1103.
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- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 1139.
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- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 1. John Murray. p. 534.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 1211.
- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 1212.
- ISBN 978-1-4766-4759-3.
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- John Julian(1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. Vol. 2. John Murray. p. 1229.
- ^ Moorsom, Robert Maude (1903). A historical companion to hymns ancient and modern: containing the Greek and Latin; the German, Italian, French, Danish and Welsh hymns; the first lines of the English hymns; the names of all authors and translators; notes and dates. London : C. J. Clay. p. 320.