A. J. B. Beresford Hope

A. J. B. Beresford Hope
Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope PC
Short Name: A. J. B. Beresford Hope
Full Name: Beresford Hope, A. J. B. (Alexander James Beresford), 1820-1887
Birth Year: 1820
Death Year: 1887

Hope, Alexander James Beresford, LL.D., born Jan. 25, 1820, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, was M.P. for his University for several years, and died Oct. 20, 1887. He is connected with hymnology through his Hymns of the Church, literally translated, for the use of English Congregations, Lond., J. & F. Rivington. 1844. None of these translations have come into common use. In the Cambridge University Calendar he is entered as “Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope."

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

Wikipedia Biography

Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope PC (25 January 1820 – 20 October 1887), known as Alexander Hope until 1854 (and also known as A. J. B. Hope until 1854 and as A. J. B. Beresford Hope from 1854 onwards), was a British author and Conservative politician.

Texts by A. J. B. Beresford Hope (8)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
Creator of the universe, Thy heart-felt praise I singA. J. B. Hope (Author)English2
O Dayspring, brightness of the eternal lightA. J. B. Beresford Hope (Translator)English2
O Emmanuel, our King and LawgiverA. J. Beresford Hope (Translator)English2
O Key of David and sceptreA. J. B. Beresford Hope (Translator)English2
O King of the Gentiles, and their desireA. J. Beresford Hope (Translator)English2
O Lord and Ruler, of the house of IsraelA. J. B. Beresford Hope (Translator)English2
O Root of Jesse, who stands as an emblem of the peopleA. J. Beresford Hope (Translator)English2
O Wisdom, which camest out of the mouth of the most HighA.J. Beresford Hope (Translator)English1

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