Born: June 14, 1837, Bristol, England. Died: September 9, 1898, Cheddar, Somerset, England. Buried: Parish church, Cheddar, Somerset, England. |
Dix’ father, a surgeon, wrote a biography of poet Thomas Chatterton, and gave his son his middle name in his honor. Young William attended the Bristol Grammar School. Later, he managed a marine insurance company in Glasgow, Scotland, but his heart was in the poetry of worship. He wrote more than 40 hymns over the course of his life. His works include:
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