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Frederick Hedge
- Birth: December 12, 1805, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Death: August 21, 1890, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Frederick Henry Hedge was a graduate of Harvard University and Divinity School who pastored churches in Massachusetts, Maine, and Rhode Island. He translated "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" in 1852 while serving as a professor of ecclesiastical history and German literature at Harvard. His translation is the most familiar of at least eighty English versions, and it was first published in a book entitled Gems of German Verse by W. H. Furness, in 1853.
Page numbers in Trinity Hymnal (1990) and The Worshiping Church (1990)
| Title | Trinity | Worshiping |
|---|---|---|
| A Mighty Fortress Is Our God | 81 | 43 |