Fanny Crosby
19th century Christian hymnist
Biography
Frances Jane van Alstyne, more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. A prolific hymnist, she wrote more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs, with more than 100 million copies printed. She is also known for her teaching and rescue mission work. By the end of the 19th century, she had become a household name.
Occupation
Fanny Crosby is recorded as a hymnwriter, a librettist, a missionary, a singer, a poet, a teacher, a composer and a writer, born in New York (1820–1915).
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Fanny Crosby was born in Brewster, New York in 1820. Explore other notable figures from New York, historic sites connected to this era, and the full colonial and statehood history of the state using the links below.
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