Edwin Hatch

Edwin Hatch
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Short Name: Edwin Hatch
Full Name: Hatch, Edwin, 1835-1889
Birth Year: 1835
Death Year: 1889

Hatch, Edwin, D.D., was born at Derby, Sep. 4, 1835, and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, B.A., in honours, in 1857. After holding important appointments in Canada, he returned to England and became Vice-Principal of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, 1867; and Rector of Purleigh, 1883. (See also Crockford). He died Nov. 10, 1889. His hymn-writing was limited. One, and that a very spirited lyric, is in Allon's Congregational Psalmist Hymnal, 1886 "Breathe on me, Breath of God." (Whitsuntide.) Dr. Hatch's hymns were published in his posthumous Towards Fields of Light, London 1890.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Wikipedia Biography

Edwin Warren Hatch (4 September 1835 Derby, England – 10 November 1889 Oxford, England) was an English theologian. He is best known as the author of the book , which was based on his 1888 Hibbert Lectures and which were edited and published following his death. He is also remembered as the composer of the hymn "Breathe on Me, Breath of God."

Texts by Edwin Hatch (15)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
ആത്മാവേ ഊതുകEdwin Hatch (Author)Malayalam2
Breathe on me, breath of GodEdwin Hatch, 1835-1889 (Author)English327
Da vida a mi alma oh DiosEdwin Hatch (Author)Spanish3
E ha maluna o'uEdwin Hatch, 1833-1889 (Author)Hawaiian3
Holy Spirit, breathe on meEdwin Hatch (Author)English32
I dared not hope that Thou wouldst deign to comeRev. E. Hatch (Author)English10
Ó bom Consolador, faze-me um novo ser.Edwin Hatch (Author)Portuguese2
O Master of my soulEdwin Hatch, 1835-1889 (Author)2
¡Oh, Santo Espíritu de Dios! Unge mi corazónEdwin Hatch (Author)Spanish3
Oh, vive em mim, Consolador!Edwin Hatch (Author)Portuguese2
Santo Consolador, Aviva tu mi serEdwin Hatch (Author)Spanish4
Santo Consolador, Tu aliento pon en míEdwin Hatch (Author)Spanish5
Vive, Santo EspírituEdwin Hatch (Author)Spanish2
Werk in my, Gees van GodEdwin Hatch (Author)Afrikaans2
願主靈氣吹我 (Yuànzhǔ língqì chuī wǒ)Edwin Hatch (Author)Chinese3

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