# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeremiah-rankin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:20:55.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeremiah-rankin"
name: "Jeremiah Rankin"
slug: "jeremiah-rankin"
description: "Jeremiah Eames Rankin was an abolitionist, champion of the temperance movement, minister of Washington D.C.'s First Congregational Church, and correspondent with Frederick Douglass. In 1890 he was appointed sixth president of Howard University in Washington, D.C. Howard's Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel was built during Jeremiah Rankin's tenure as president (1890–1903) and named after his brother. Rankin is best known as author of the hymns \"God Be with You 'Til we Meet Again\" and \"Tell It to Jesus\". In 1903 Rankin published a fictional journal of Esther Burr."
tagline: "American clergyman and abolitionist (1828-1903)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeremiah_Eames_Rankin.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1828-01-02"
deathDate: "1903-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.95
  momentum:             1.442006269592476
  historical:           4.81314
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جيريمياه رانكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Rankin"
    title: "Jeremiah Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Rankin"
    title: "Jeremiah Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Eames_Rankin"
    title: "Jeremiah Eames Rankin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b6e36ecb-bd5e-4dba-bf82-6bdb0091c7d8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6063263"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump