James Edmeston
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James Edmeston (10 September 1791 - 7 January 1867) was an English architect and surveyor; he was also known as a prolific writer of church hymns.
He was born in Wapping, Middlesex, England. Maternal grandfather was the Reverend Samuel Brewer, pastor of an Independent congregation in Stepney for 50 years.
He began as an architect in 1816, the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott was his pupil.
He served as the church warden at St. Barnabas in Homerton, Middlesex and was a strong supporter of and frequent visitor to the London Orphan Asylum. Edmeston is said to have written 2000 hymns, one every Sunday.
He died in Homerton in 1867.
[edit] References
Julian, John (June, 1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. London: John Murray, 321-322.
Bailey, Albert Edward (1950). The Gospel in Hymns. New York: Charles Scribner's sons, 166-168.
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