Born: September 28, 1810, Staveley, Derbyshire, England. Died: July 21, 1883, Cambridge, England. |
Birks attended Trinity College at Cambridge, where he became a Fellow. He took Holy Orders in 1837, then became rector of Kelshall, Hertfordshire, in 1844; vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, 1866; Canon of Ely Cathedral, 1871; and Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge, 1872. His 25 works include Biblical, astronomical, scientific, prophetic, and other subjects. He also wrote the Memoirs of Rev. E. Bickersteth (his father-in-law), 1851. He wrote about 100 hymns; some appeared in Bickersteth’s Christian Psalmody, 1833, others in his Companion Psalter, 1871.
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