Enchiridion: Obituaries

The Enchiridion

Selected Obituaries and Biographies

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This section contains transcriptions of selected Obituaries and other Biographies, They are indexed below by name of Subject, grouped under the main sources which are as follows:

Julian: Dictionary of Hymnology, 2nd edition 1907 (1908 impression).

Dictionary of National Biography (Epitome, to 1900; 2nd edition 1906).

Congregational Union of England and Wales: Year Books (obituaries of deceased ministers).

Hymn Society of Great Britain & Ireland: Bulletin

Other sources.

A consolidated list, following the source groups, contains the names of all the Subjects in alphabetical order, irrespective of the source.

Julian: Dictionary of Hymnology

Dictionary of National Biography

Congregational Union of England and Wales: Year Books

Allon, Henry

Barrett, George Slatyer

Binney, Thomas

Burder, Henry Forster

Burder, John

Campbell, John

Clout, Thomas (aka Russell)

Conder, George William

Crippen, Thomas George

Curwen, John

Dale, Robert William

Guest, William

Horder, William Garrett

Russell, Thomas (aka Clout)

Wardlaw, Ralph

Watson, Charles Ernest

Hymn Society of Great Britain & Ireland: Bulletin

Gregory, John Knight

Guillebaud, Rosemary

Hewlett, Michael

Micklem, Thomas Caryl

Perry, Michael Arnold

Other sources.

Aubrey's Brief Lives

George Herbert

John Milton

John Tombes

Bede: History of the English Church & People. Author's account of his Life and Writings, appended to the final chapter of his History of the English Church and People.

Frances A.Bevan: Three Friends of God. Records from the Lives of John Tauler, Nicolas of Basle, Henry Suso, Nisbet, London 1887. (extracts only)

George Herbert: The Temple. William Alexander (Bishop of Armagh)'s Introduction to his edition of The Temple, including biographical notes about George Herbert.

Hoyland, Geoffrey: The Great Outlaw: Introduction, containing some autobiographical details.

Kingsley, Charles: Hypatia (historical novel, which includes descriptive passages about Augustine of Hippo and Synesius of Cyrene).

Adelaide Anne Procter: Legends and Lyrics, 1858 & 1862; Title page, Dedication & Charles Dickens's Introduction containing Personal reminisences and biographical notes about Adelaide Procter.

Rossetti, Christina: Poetical Works, ed. W.M. Rossetti, including the editor's Memoir of his sister Christina, with further literary details in the editorial Preface.

A.S. Walpole: introduction to chapter VI (Hymns of Fortunatus) in Early Latin Hymns, published posthumously (Walpole died 20th February 1920) edited by A.J.Mason, in Cambridge Patristic Texts, Cambridge University Press 1922.

Izaac Walton: Life of Mr George Herbert

Whittier, J.G.: Complete Works - anonymous Biography in an edition of 1894 (editor unnamed).
Whittier, J.G.: The Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier in seven volumes: Volume 6: "Old Portraits and Modern Sketches; Personal Sketches & Tributes; Historical Papers": London, Macmillan and Co., 1889:

John Bunyan

Consolidated alphabetical list

[ CYB = Obituary in the Congregational Year Book ]
[ HSGBI = Obituary in the Bulletin of the Hymn Society of Great Britain & Ireland ]

Allon, Henry [CYB]

Augustine of Hippo

in Charles Kingsley's Hypatia

Barrett, George Slatyer [CYB]

Bede, the Venerable (Author's account of his Life and Writings)

Binney, Thomas [CYB]

Bunyan, John

in The Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier in seven volumes: Volume 6: "Old Portraits and Modern Sketches; Personal Sketches & Tributes; Historical Papers": London, Macmillan and Co., 1889
Burder, Henry Forster (CYB)

Burder, John [CYB]

Campbell, John [CYB]

Clout, Thomas (aka Russell) [CYB]

Conder, George William [CYB]

Crippen, Thomas George [CYB]

Curwen, John [CYB]

Dale, R.W. [CYB]

Fortunatus, Venantius

in A.S. Walpole's Early Latin Hymns, introduction to chapter VI (Hymns of Fortunatus)

Gregory, John Knight [HSGBI]

Guest, William [CYB]

Guillebaud, Rosemary [HSGBI]