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Feb 03, 1832 Connecticut, United States Died on 24 Dec 1915 (aged 83)
American businessman and composer
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About William Howard Doane
- William Howard Doane (February 3, 1832 – February 23, 1915) was a manufacturer, inventor, hymn writer, choral director, church leader and philanthropist.
- He composed over 2000 church hymns.
- More than seventy patents are credited to him for innovations in woodworking machinery.
- His philanthropy led to the renaming of the Granville Academy, as the Doane Academy, a boys’ and girls' private preparatory school associated with Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he was a major benefactor.
