Papers of the Havergal family 1816-1886
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Havergal, W. H. (William Henry), 1793-1870
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Epithet: Vicar of Shareshill British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000273 English composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed (incomplete), dated : [n.p.] Jan. 14 1870, to an unidentified recipient, 1870 Jan. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270665501 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Shrewsbury May 2 1867, and [n.p. May 26 1867], to an unident...
Church Missionary Society.
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The Church Missionary Society was founded in 1799 by a small group of laymen and clergy of the Church of England. It was originally named the Society for Missions to Africa and the East. Its purpose was to enable the Church to send missionaries to Africa and other heathen areas. Henry M. Stanley, following his discovery of the missionary explorer, David Livingstone, was instrumental in opening the Uganda Mission. His famous letter, published in the Daily Telegraph in 1875, prompted a contributio...
Havergal, Frances Ridley, 1836-1879
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Epithet: hymnographer, daughter of W H Havergal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x0002ed ...
Havergal family
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William Henry Havergal (1793-1870), a composer of sacred music, was educated at Merchant Taylors School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He was rector of Astley, Worcestershire in 1829, St Nicholas, Worcester in 1845 and vicar of Shareshill in 1860. In 1836 he was awarded the Gresham prize for Evening Service in A, and in 1841 for the anthem Give Thanks . He composed A Hundred Psalm and Hymn Tunes, (1859), published Old Church Psalmody, (1847) and other works. His daughter, Frances Ridle...
