Jessie Seymour Irvine
Jessie Seymour Irvine | |
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| Born | 26 July 1836 Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland |
| Died | 2 September 1887 (aged 51) Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Known for | Hymn tune Crimond |
| Works | "The Lord's my Shepherd" |
| Parent(s) | Rev Dr Alexander Irvine (1804–1884), Jessie Nicol |
Jessie Seymour Irvine (26 July 1836 – 2 September 1887) was the daughter of a Church of Scotland parish minister who served at Dunottar, Peterhead, and Crimond in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She is referred to by Ian Campbell Bradley in his 1997 book Abide with Me: The World of Victorian Hymns as standing "in a strong Scottish tradition of talented amateurs who tended to produce metrical psalm tunes rather than the dedicated hymn tunes increasingly composed in England."