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(1792–1866). Angl. cleric and poet; b. Fairford, Gloucestershire, Eng.; educ. Oxford; prof. Oxford 1831–41; vicar (priest) Hursley 1836–66. Launched Oxford* Movement (see also Tractarianism). Hymns include “Word Supreme, Before Creation”; “Sun of My Soul, Thou Savior Dear”; “The Voice that Breathed O'er Eden”; “One Thy Light, the Temple Filling.”