1791 - 1853 Person Name: Casper Johannes Boye Author of "Day Is Breaking, Night Is Ended" in Hymnal for Church and Home Caspar Johannes Boye was born in Kongsberg, Norway in 1791. He studied both law and theology at the University of Copenhagen, became a teacher and later served as rector in Søllerød, Helsingørand and Copenhagen. He died in 1853.
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