- Augusta Amherst Austen
Augusta Amherst Austen (
August 2 ,1827 –August 5 ,1877 ) was a Britishorganist andcomposer , chiefly ofhymns .Austen was born in
London , and studied at theRoyal Academy of Music . She was a church organist for most of her active career, from 1844 to 1848 atEaling Church, and from 1848 to 1857 atPaddington Chapel. She composed various hymns, of which one, "St. Agnes", was published inCharles Steggall 's "Church Psalmody" (1849).She married Thomas Anstey Guthrie shortly after leaving Paddington Chapel. One of her sons, also named
Thomas Anstey Guthrie , became a well-known novelist. She died inGlasgow .References
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