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Henry Alford

English churchman, theologian, textual critic, scholar, poet, hymnodist, and writer (1810–1871).

Born October 7th, 1810 in London.

Died January 12th, 1871 at 60 years old in Canterbury.

Occupations
Christian minister, biblical scholar, hymnwriter, pastor, poet, theologian, writer

Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi