Henry Drummond (writer)

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Henry Drummond (writer)

Henry Drummond (born August 17, 1851 in Stirling , † March 11, 1897 in Tunbridge Wells , England ) was a Scottish evangelical author and lecturer.

Life

Henry Drummond joined the Free Church of Scotland as a young scientist after his training at the University of Edinburgh , where he later served as an ordained pastor. In 1877 he became a lecturer in science at Free Church College. He gained great popularity with his book Natural Law in the Spiritual World (1883). Even today his name is well known, especially among Christians , because of his book Love Is The Greatest , in which he deals with the meaning of the Song of Songs of Love (1 Corinthians 13) in the New Testament . The book, which he published in 1874 under the English original title The Greatest Thing in the World , has been published in around 12 million copies worldwide to date. The famous jazz saxophonist John Coltrane was inspired, among other things, by this book for the music and lyrics of his album A Love Supreme . Especially in his work The Ascent of Man (1894) Drummond represented social Darwinist positions.

In 1880 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

Works (selection)

literature

  • Ashley Kahn: A Love Supreme: John Coltrane's legendary album , Rogner & Bernhard bei Zweiausendeins, Berlin 2004 (German translation) ISBN 3-807-70030-7

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard Hofstadter , Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860-1915 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1944)
  2. ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 22, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Drummond, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish evangelical writer and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Stirling
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1897
Place of death Tunbridge Wells , England