Introduction

Biography

Henry was the son of Hen­ry Wil­der Foote I and Fran­ces Anne El­iot, and hus­band of Elea­nor Ty­son Cope (mar­ried June 22, 1903, Ger­man­town, Penn­syl­van­ia).

He was edu­cat­ed at the Rox­bu­ry La­tin School, a pri­vate school, and Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty (AB 1897, AM 1900, STB 1902).

He en­tered the Uni­ta­ri­an min­is­try and served church­es in New Or­leans, Lou­isi­ana; Ann Ar­bor, Mi­chi­gan; Bel­mont, Mas­sa­chu­setts; and Char­lottes­ville, Vir­gin­ia.

From 1914–1924 he was an as­sist­ant pro­fess­or at the Har­vard Di­vi­ni­ty School, where he gave a course on the his­to­ry of Chris­tian hym­no­dy.

Hymnary, accessed 30 Nov 2021

Works

• Bible Read­ings and Hymns for School Use (Ann Ar­bor, Mi­chi­gan: G. Wahr, 1909)
• The New Hymn and Tune Book (ed­it­ing com­mit­tee sec­re­ta­ry) (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Am­er­ican Uni­ta­ri­an As­so­cia­tion, 1914)
• The Con­cord An­them Book (editor) 1924
• The Or­gan­i­za­tion and Man­age­ment of Jun­ior choirs (Bo­ston, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Am­er­ican Uni­ta­ri­an As­so­cia­tion, 1935)
• The Se­cond Con­cord An­them Book, 1936
• Hymns of the Spi­rit (ed­it­ing com­mit­tee chair­man) (Bea­con Press, 1937) (not to be con­fused with Hymns of the Spi­rit, by Sam­uel John­son and Sam­uel Long­fel­low, 1864)
• An Ac­count of the Bay Psalm Book (New York: Hymn So­cie­ty of Am­er­ica, 1940)
• American Hym­no­dy, 1925–1952 (Spring­field, Ohio: Hymn So­cie­ty of Am­er­ica, 1952)
• The Task of the Hymn Book Ed­it­or, 1956