C. T. Winchester

Winchester, Caleb Thomas, M.A., was born in 1847. He is Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. His hymn, "The Lord our God alone is strong" (Dedication of a Science Hall), was written for the opening of the Orange Judd Hall of Natural Science, Wesleyan University, Middletown. It was included in the Methodist Episcopal Hymnal , 1878 (Nutter's Hymn Studies, 1884).

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Winchester, Caleb Thomas. (Montville, Connecticut, January 18, 1847--March 24, 1920, Middletown, Conn.). Eminent teacher and author whose father and grandfather were both Methodist Episcopal ministers. After his preparation for college at Wilbraham Academy, he attended Wesleyan University, graduating in 1869. Appointed Librarian of the University he served in that capacity until 1895. In addition he was made Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, 1873, and from 1890 until his death he was Olin Professor of English. He was literary editor of the 1905 Methodist Hymnal and his hymn was included in that book and is in 1935, the third stanza of the original being omitted. A scholar of distinction he gained world-wide recognition as an authority in his field. Author of many books, perhaps his most enduring one, was Some Principles of Literary Criticism, 1899.

--Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives