Doane, William Howard
(1832–1915)
Doane, William Howard (February 3, 1832; December 24, 1915) Although he was a well-trained musician who conducted the Norwich, Connecticut, Harmonic Society for two years, who composed well over two thousand gospel melodies and compiled hymnbooks, Doane did all of this as a sideline. He was a very successful manufacturer of woodworking machinery, the president of several businesses, and an inventor with more than seventy patents to his credit. His avocation of setting religious texts to music…