| Samuel A. Ward |
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| 1847 births | |
| 1903 deaths | |
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Samuel Ward was born on December 28 , 1847 in Newark, New Jersey . Ward studied music in New York and became an organist at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark in 1880 . He is remembered for his hymn "Materna" ( 1882 ) which was used for the anthem " America The Beautiful ", with words by Katharine Lee Bates . However, Ward and Bates never met. Samuel Augustus Ward died on September 28 , 1903 in Newark, New Jersey. |
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