Lyricist: William George Tarrant

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Biography

William George Tarrant (1853 - 1928) was born at Pem­broke Dock, South Wales the on­ly son of a sol­dier who died in the Cri­me­an War.

From 1867-74, he was ap­pren­ticed to a sil­ver­smith in Birm­ing­ham, and be­came an ex­pert me­tal work­er. There he was in­flu­enced by George Daw­son, a Un­i­tar­i­an pas­tor of the Church of Christ, and de­cid­ed to en­ter the Un­i­tar­ia­n min­is­try.

He grad­u­at­ed from Lon­don Un­i­ver­si­ty in 1883 and served as pas­tor of the Wands­worth Un­i­tar­i­an Church (1883 - 1920). He al­so ed­it­ed The In­quir­er (1887-9 & 1918-27) and the Ess­ex Hall Hymn­al (1890).

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