13 December 1823 A.D. William Walsham
How—Suffragan Bishop, Church of England, “Poor Man’s Bishop,” and Author of
“For All the Saints”
William Walsham How (1823 to 1897)
Church of England
Poor Man's Bishop.
Birth of William
Walsham How, known as "the poor man's bishop," in Shrewsbury,
England. An Anglican clergyman, he rose rapidly in his appointments, but
shunning the higher ecclesiastical positions, he chose to work among the poor
of poverty-stricken East London. He wrote more than 50 hymns, some of which you
may have sung, such as "We Give Me but Thine 0wn, " "For All the
Saints" and "The Word of God Incarnate."
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