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James Ashcroft Noble Hymnologist
NOBLE, James Ashcroft. b. Liverpool, 25 June 1844; d. Wandsworth, London, 3 April 1896. Noble became a literary critic and an active man of letters in Victorian England: he wrote essays for The Spectator, produced a book on shorthand, and became the editor of a periodical, The Illustrator. Among his many books were The Pelican Papers: Reminiscences and Remains of a Dweller in the Wilderness (1873), Morality in English Fiction (Liverpool, 1886), The Sonnet in England, & other essays (1893), and Impressions and Memories (1895). His poems were published as Verses of a Prose Writer (1887). He lived and worked in London, returning to his native Lancashire at Birkdale, Southport, in 1884
"James Ashcroft Noble." The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press. Web. 17 Jun. 2015.<http://www.hymnology.co.uk/j/james-ashcroft-noble>.
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In 1887 he published Verses of a Prose Writer, simple and unambitious, but with the breath of true poetry. In the section entitled "Poems of the Inner Life" there are two hymns written in 1886 - http://www.hymnary.org/person/Noble_J
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- God of Beauty, Thou Hast Spread
- Lord Jesus, in the Days of Old
Poet December 22, George Eliot - by James Ashcroft Noble (1844–1896)
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James Ashcroft Noble's Timeline
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June 25, 1844
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Field Street, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK
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July 11, 1877
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(West Derby RD) 13 Moscow Drive, West Derby, Lancashire, England UK
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April 3, 1896
Age 51
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Wandsworth Cemetery, Wandsworth, England, United Kingdom
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