William How

English Bishop and hymn-writer (13 De­cem­ber 1823 - 10 Au­gust 1897). In 1846, he was or­dained an Ang­li­can min­is­ter (in England). He served as Cur­ate at Kid­der­mins­ter, then at Shrews­bu­ry. He then be­came Rec­tor at Whit­ting­ton, Shrop­shire, near the Welsh bor­der. In 1879, he be­came suf­fra­gen Bi­shop of Lon­don. In 1889, he was ap­point­ed Bi­shop of Wake­field, West York­shire. He was known for his work with the poor and with in­dus­tri­al work­ers. He al­so wrote over 50 hymns (most of them dur­ing his stay in Whit­ting­ton).