Short Name: | George Jarvis Geer |
Full Name: | Geer, George Jarvis, 1821-1885 |
Birth Year: | 1821 |
Death Year: | 1885 |
Born: February 24, 1821, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Died: March 16, 1885, New York.
Buried: Saint Paul’s Churchyard, Manhattan, New York.
Geer graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut (1842), and the General Theological Seminary, New York (1845). He served as Rector of Christ Church, Ballston Spa, New York; Associate Rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles, New York (1859); and Rector of St. Timothy’s, New York (1866). He was the first president of the Free Church Guild of New York, and a member of the General Convention of 1874. He received the degree of S. T. D. from Columbia University, and of D.D. from Union in 1862. His works include:
Tune-Book of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 1848, with Bishop Bedell & Dr. Muhlenburg
The Conversion of St. Paul (New York: 1871)
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Tunes by George Jarvis Geer (4)![]() | As | Instances | Incipit |
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HOLY VOICES (Geer) | G. Jarvis Geer (Composer) | 10 | 11112 22232 11612 |
HOWLAND (Geer) | G. Jarvis Geer (Composer) | 1 | 15346 55554 31111 |
GEER (Geer) | Rev. Geo. Jarvis Geer, D.D. (Composer) | 2 | 55511 22332 24322 |
MARSHALL (Geer) | G. Jarvis Geer (Composer) | 17 | 55161 53334 23555 |