John Mason Neale
Anglican priest and hymnwriter (1818–1866) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Mason Neale (24 January 1818 – 6 August 1866) was an English Anglican priest, scholar, and hymnwriter. He worked and wrote on a wide range of holy Christian texts, including obscure medieval hymns, both Western and Eastern. Among his most famous hymns is the 1853 Good King Wenceslas, set on Boxing Day. An Anglo-Catholic, Neale's works have found positive reception in high-church Anglicanism and Western Rite Orthodoxy.[1][2]
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Born | 24 January 1818 London, England | ||||||||
Died | 6 August 1866 (1866-08-07) (aged 48) East Grinstead, England | ||||||||
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge | ||||||||
Religion | Christianity (Anglican) | ||||||||
Church | Church of England | ||||||||
Ordained | 1841 | ||||||||
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