Elizabeth Ayton Godwin

Elizabeth Ayton Godwin (4 July 1817 – 26 March 1889) was a Victorian era Christian hymn writer and religious poet born in England.[1]

Biography

Elizabeth Ayton Etheridge was born at Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk, England, 4 July 1817. Her father was William Ellis Etheridge. In 1849, she married Mr. C. Godwin. She published Songs for the weary, 1865; and Songs amidst Daily Life. Her hymn in collection is "My Saviour, 'mid life's varied scene" (Lent), written while still a girl, and first printed in the Evangelical Magazine, and then in Songs for the Weary, 1865. She died at Stoke Bishop in 26 March 1889.[2]

Selected works
  • Songs for the Weary (1873)
  • Songs Amidst Daily Life (1878)
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References
  1. Gray 2009, p. 8.
  2. Julian 1892, p. 1567.

Attribution
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Julian, John (1892). A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations, with Special Reference to Those Contained in the Hymn Books of English-speaking Countries and Now in Common Use . (Public domain ed.). Murray.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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