William Chatterton Dix

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name=William Chatterton Dix


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birth_date=June 14,1837
birth_place= Bristol
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death_date=September 9, 1898
death_place=Cheddar

William Chatterton Dix (born, June 14,1837; died, September 9, 1898) was a writer of many hymns and carols.

He was born in Bristol, England, the son of John Dix, a surgeon and writer. His father gave him his middle name in honour of Thomas Chatterton, a poet about whom he had written a biography.cite book
last =Bailey
first =Albert Edward
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title =The Gospel in Hymns
publisher =Charles Scribner's Sons
date =1950
location =New York
pages =359
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Dix spent most of his life as manager of a Maritime Insurance Company in Glasgow.

At the age of 29 he was struck with a near fatal illness and consequently suffered months confined to his bed. During this time he became severely depressed. Yet it is from this period that many of his hymns date.Fact|date=June 2008.

His hymns and carols included "As with gladness", "What child is this?" and "To you, O Lord, our hearts we raise".

He died at Cheddar, Somerset, England and was buried at his parish church.

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