1753 - 1826 Author of "Lord of hosts unto thee" Lewis Renatus West, born in London, May 3, 1753, and Moravian Minister at Tytherton, Wilts, from 1809 to his death, Aug. 4, 1826.
--Excerpt from John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Born: May 3, 1753.
Christened: May 3, 1753, Fetter Lane Moravian church, London, England.
Died: 1826, Tytherton (near Chippenham), Wiltshire, England.
Buried: Moravian cemetery, Tytherton, Wiltshire, England.
A Moravian minister, West taught in the Moravian school in Fulneck, Leeds; served as tutor and assistant minister in Bedford; assistant minister in Dublin; and minister in Gracehill, Northern Ireland; Mirfield; Bath; Bristol; and Tytherton.
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Lewis Renatus West