Frances Ridley Havergal

Frances Ridley Havergal

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Frances Ridley Havergal (December 14 1836 – June 3 1879) was an English religious poet and hymn writer. "Thy Life for Me" is one of her best known hymns. She also wrote hymn melodies, religious tracts, and works for children.

Life

She was born into an Anglican family, at Astley in Worcestershire. Her father, William Henry Havergal (1793-1870), was a clergyman, writer, composer, and hymnwriter. Her brother, Henry East Havergal, was a priest in the Church of England and an organist.

In 1852/3 she studied in the Louisenschule, Düsseldorf, and at Oberkassel. Otherwise she led a quiet life, not enjoying consistent good health; she travelled, in particular to Switzerland. She supported the Church Missionary Society.

She died of peritonitis at Caswell Bay on the Gower peninsula in Wales. Her sisters saw much of her work published posthumously. Havergal College in Toronto is named after her. The composer Havergal Brian adopted the name as a tribute to the Havergal family.

Works

*Ministry of Song (1870)
*Under the Surface (1874)
*The four happy days (1874)
*Royal Commandments (1878)
*Loyal Responses (1878)
*Kept for the Master's Use (1879) memoirs
*Life Chords (1880)
*Royal Bounty (1880)
*Little Pillows, or Goodnight Thoughts for the Little Ones (1880)
*Morning bells, or, Waking thoughts for the little ones (1880)
*Swiss Letters and Alpine Poems (1881) edited by J. M. Crane
*Under His Shadow: the Last Poems of Frances Ridley Havergal (1881)
*The Royal Invitation (1882)
*Life Echoes (1883)
*Poetical Works (1884) edited by M. V. G. Havergal and Frances Anna Shaw
*Coming to the King (1886)

References

*"Frances Ridley Havergal's Last Week" (1879) Maria Vernon Graham Havergal
*"Memorials of Frances Ridley Havergal", by her Sister (1880) M. V. G. Havergal, including an autobiography
*"Florence Nightingale, Frances Ridley Havergal, Catherine Marsh, Mrs Ranyard" (1885) Lizzie Alldridge
*"Frances Ridley Havergal: a full sketch of her life", (1904) Edward Davies
*"Women who have worked and won : the life-story of Mrs. Spurgeon, Mrs. Booth-Tucker, F.R. Havergal, and Pandita Ramabai" (1904) Jennie Chappell
*"In Trouble and in Joy: Four Women Who Lived for God", (2004) Sharon James, ISBN 0852345844. Biographies of Margaret Baxter (1639-1681), Sarah Edwards (1710-1758), Anne Steele (1717-1778) and Frances Ridley Havergal

External links

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*The [http://www.havergaltrust.com/ Havergal Trust]
The purpose of the Havergal Trust is to complete, publish, and disseminate widely the edition of The Complete Works of Frances Ridley Havergal, and to publish works by others similar to Havergal.
*The [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/h/a/v/havergal_fr.htm Cyber Hymnal] page on Frances Ridley Havergal.
* [http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/biorphavergal.html Frances Havergal biographies]


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