Lyricist: Edward Osler

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Biography

Edward Osler (1798 - 1863) Born in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, the son of Eward Osler senior. He was apprenticed to a surgeon at Falmouth, and later attended lectures at Joshua Brookes' Blenheim St School of Anatomy, London and Guy's Hospital Medical School. Became Resident Surgeon at Swansea Infirmary, Wales 1819 - 1825 and joined the Royal Navy as a ship's surgeon, doing a tour of duty in the West Indies. He gravitated to the literary field with his publication in 1835 of a biography of the Cornish Admiral, Viscount Exmouth and his authorship of several other books of a scientific nature and many hymns. He became the editor of the Royal Cornwall Gazette in 1841 and moved to Truro, Cornwall. He wrote book of poetry, on natural history, many hymns, and on theology. Later he moved to Truro, where he was editor of the Royal Cornwall Gazette. Osler died at Truro, Cornwall, 7 March 1863.