Born: July 15, 1814, Yateley, Hampshire, England. Died: January 2, 1878, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England. Buried: Rednal, Warwickshire, England. Hymnist John Henry Newman lies nearby. |
Caswall was the son of Robert Clarke Caswall, vicar of Yateley. He attended Chigwell Grammar School, Marlborough School, and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated with honors. Before leaving Oxford, he published, under the pseudonym of Scriblerus Redivivus, “The Art of Pluck,” in imitation of Aristotle, a satire on the ways of the careless college student.
In 1838, Caswall was ordained as a deacon, and 1839 as an Anglican priest. In 1840 he became perpetual curate at Stratford-sub-Castle near Salisbury. By 1847, though, he had switched to Roman Catholicism and went to the Oratory of St. Philip Neri at Edgbaston, where he did most of his hymn work. Caswall is best remembered as a translator of ancient hymns, though he also wrote original lyrics. His works include:
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