Henry Charles Beeching
Who is Henry Charles Beeching
Henry Charles Beeching (15 May 1859 – 25 February 1919) was a British clergyman, author and poet, who was Dean of Norwich from 1911 to 1919.
Biography
Beeching was born on 15 May 1859 in Sussex, the son of J. P. G. Beeching of Bexhill. He was educated at the City of London School and at Balliol College, Oxford. He took holy orders in 1882, and began work in a Liverpool parish at Mossley Hill. He was Rector of Yattendon from 1885 to 1900; Clark Lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1900; professor of Pastoral Theology at King's College London from 1900 to 1903; Chaplain of Lincoln's Inn from 1900 to 1903; Canon of Westminster Abbey from October 1902 until 1911 and Dean of Norwich from 1911 until his death. He wrote a book on Francis Atterbury.
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Henry Charles Beeching Poems
- Prayers
God who created me
Nimble and light of limb,
In three elements free,
To run, to ride, to swim:...
- Going Down Hill On A Bicycle: A Boy's Song
With lifted feet, hands still,
I am poised, and down the hill
Dart, with heedful mind;
The air goes by in a wind....
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- Plastic_bio: here am i, the often sat ondancing don; my name is t-tt-n;like old wine in a new bottleis my talk on aristotle.
- henry charles beeching
- Plastic_bio: roughly, so to say, you know,i am n-ttl-sh-p or so;you are gated after hall,that's all. i mean that's nearly all.
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- Book_addict: happy birthday to english clergyman/writer/poet henry charles beeching (may 15,1859), author of the poem “going down hill on a bicycle” et al.
- Plastic_bio: roughly, so to say, you know,i am n-ttl-sh-p or so;you are gated after hall,that's all. i mean that's nearly all.
- henry charles beeching
- Plastic_bio: first come i; my name is j-w-tt.there's no knowledge but i know it.i am master of this college:what i don't know isn't knowledge.
- henry charles beeching
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