Authors:Joseph Anstice
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| Joseph Anstice | |
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| Last name | Anstice |
| First name | Joseph |
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| Born | 1808, Madeley, Shropshire, England. |
| Died | February 29, 1836, Torquay, England. |
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| Best known for | Hymns:Lord how happy should we be |
Joseph Anstice; (1808 to 1836[1]) , was born in Shropshire, England, in 1808.
Biography
Soon after leaving Oxford University, where he took a high stand as a student, he became Professor of Classical Literature in King's College, London. He was a member of the Church of England. He died February 29, 1836, being twenty-eight years old. It was during the last evenings of his life, when he was a great sufferer, that he dictated to his wife the hymns (fifty-two in number) which were collected and published the year he died for private distribution. From this collection the following hymn was taken:[2]
Hymns
References
- ↑ NetHymnal (1996). "Anstice, Joseph".
- ↑ Nutter, Charles S. (1915). Hymn Writers of the Church. Nashville: Nashville: Smith & Lamar. p. 588. ISBN 1176719580
