Born: June 8, 1915, Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada. | ![]() |
Clarkson grew up and was educated in Toronto, Canada. For 38 years she taught elementary school in Ontario. A gifted natural writer, she published hundreds of poems, articles, songs and sketches, and 17 books in 7 languages. Hymn writing was her first love, and sprang from a lifetime of Bible study, personal Christian experience, and a disciplined lyrical expression. Her hymns were published in A Singing Heart (Carol Stream, Illinois: Hope Publishing Company, 1987). At its 1992 national convention, The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada named Clarkson a Fellow of the Society in recognition of her contribution to hymnody. Clarkson’s works include:
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