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Author: Agnes Bulmer

Bulmer, Agnes, née Collinson, third daughter of Edward Collinson, born in Lombard Street, London, Aug. 31, 1775, and married in 1793 to Mr. Joseph Buhner. Her husband's death took place in 1828, and hers on the 30th Aug., 1837. She published in 1836, Memoirs of Mrs. Mortimer; in 1833, Messiah's Kingdom, a poem in 12 books; in addition to articled contributed to the Youth's Instructor, &c. Her Scripture Histories appeared posthumously in 1837-8, and her Select Letters were published in 1842, with an introduction and notes, by the Rev. W. M. Bunting; and her Memoir in 1837 by her sister. Mrs. Bulmer was a member of the Wesleyan Society. Her best known hymn, "Thou who hast in Zion laid," was written for the laying of the foundation stone of t… Go to person page >