Henry Alford

Born: October 07, 1810, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England. Died: January 12, 1871, Canterbury, Kent, England English hymnwriter, churchman, theologian, scholar, and writer. Alford attended Ilminster Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was ordained in 1833. He was Curate at Winkfield, Wiltshire, and Ampton, and Vicar at Wymeswold, Leicestershire (where he served 18 years). In 1853, he went to Quebec Chapel, London; in 1857, he became dean of Canterbury Cathedral. He was also a scholar, producing volumes on Homer, English poetry, and the Greek New Testament.