English religious writer, born in Wellington, Somerset, on the 10th of March 1831. He was educated at St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford; and after being ordained in 1855, became honorary canon of Worcester Cathedral in 1873, and was bishop-designate of Madagascar, 1870–71. He published numerous books of hymns and other sacred writings, and among his works are Lyra Anglicana (1862); English Lyrics: A Collection of English Poetry of the Present Day (1865); Autumn Memories, and Other Verses (1868); Home Songs for Quiet Hours (1873); By the Waters of Babylon (1886).
