Introduction

Biography

Edward was the son of Eb­en Knight Gle­zen and Ab­by T. Gil­bert, and hus­band of An­na Fran­ces Drap­er.

He at­tend­ed Brown Uni­ver­si­ty, and served in the ar­my while a stu­dent. He gra­du­at­ed from Brown in 1866, stu­died mu­sic, then took up law.

After gra­du­at­ing from Har­vard Law School, he prac­ticed in Pro­vi­dence, and for 30 years, was or­gan­ist at the Cen­tral Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church.

Glezen was al­so sec­re­ta­ry of the Rhode Is­land Board of State House Com­mis­sion­ers, and one of the ear­li­est mem­bers of the Hope Club.

Works

• Hymns of the Faith with Psalms, with George Har­ris & Will­iam Jew­ett Tuck­er (New York and Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Hough­ton & Miff­lin, 1887)
• The Stu­dents’ Hym­nal, with Tho­mas Jef­fer­son Mor­gan (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chusetts: Sil­ver Burdett, 1889)
• The Aid to Praise
• Psalms and Hymns