1857 - 1933 Person Name: William J. Foxell, 1857-1933 Author of "Savior, to Thee We Raise Our Hymn" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: April 20, 1857, Marylebone, London, England.
Died: July 29, 1933.
Buried: Highgate Cemetery, London, England.
Educated at London University (MA, PhD & BMus), Foxell served as assistant master in Holy Orders at Chigwell Grammar School (1881-83); headmaster, Amersham Grammar School, and chaplain of the Amersham Union (1883-86); minor canon, Canterbury Cathedral (1886-1903); Curate of St. Margaret’s, Canterbury (1887-98); diocesan inspector in the Canterbury Diaconate (1899-1903); Rector of St. Swithins, Cannon Street, London; and president of Sion College (1917 & 1921).
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