Samuel Reynolds Hole

Hole, Samuel Reynolds, D.D., born at Ardwick, near Manchester, Dec. 5, 1819, and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford; B.A. 1844; D.D. by Abp. of Canterbury, 1887. He was Curate of Cannton, Notts, 1844-1850, and Vicar 1850-87. In 1887 he became Dean of Rochester. Previous to this he had held several important appointments. He has published some prose works, including Hints to Preachers, &c, 1880; A Book about Roses, 1869, &c. His hymn, "Sons of labour, dear to Jesus" (Working Men's Service), appeared in the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern. Died Aug. 27, 1904.

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