Charles Crozat Converse

For the California businessman, see Charles P. Converse.

Charles Crozat Converse
Born(1832-10-07)October 7, 1832
Warren, Massachusetts, US
DiedOctober 18, 1918(1918-10-18) (aged 86)
Englewood, New Jersey, US
Notable work"What a Friend We Have in Jesus"

Charles Crozat Converse (October 7, 1832 – October 18, 1918) was an American attorney who also worked as a composer of church songs. He is notable for setting to music the words of Joseph Scriven to become the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus". Converse published an arrangement of "The Death of Minnehaha", with words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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