Howard Walter
American hymn writer
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| Intro | American hymn writer | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Writer Hymnwriter | |
| Work field | Literature Religion | |
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| Birth | 19 August 1883, New Britain, Islands Region, Papua New Guinea | |
| Death | 1 November 1918 (aged 35 years) |
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Howard Arnold Walter (19 August 1883 – 1 November 1918) was an American Congregationalist assistant minister, hymn writer and author. He was born in New Britain, Connecticut.
In 1913, Walter joined the staff of the YMCA and left for Lahore. He wrote one of the earliest studies on the Ahmadiyya movement in 1918.
Walter died at the age of 35 in Lahore during the 1918 flu pandemic outbreak in the British Raj (India).