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Franklin Sheppard
- Birth: August 7, 1852, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Death: February 15, 1930, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Franklin L. Sheppard, composer of the hymn " This Is My Father's World," attended William Fewsmith's Classical School and the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as valedictorian in 1872. Originally Episcopalian, Sheppard later became Presbyterian and joined Second Presbyterian Church in Baltimore Maryland. He became president of the Presbyterian Board of Publications and Sabbath-School Work. And in 1915 he edited the Presbyterian songbook for children, Alleluia.