Born: Ap­ril 13, 1808, Win­ches­ter, Mid­dle­sex, Eng­land.

Died: De­cem­ber 27, 1894, Win­ches­ter, Mid­dle­sex, Eng­land.

Blew was ed­u­cat­ed at Great Eal­ing School and Wad­ham Coll­ege, Ox­ford, Eng­land (BA 1830, MA 1832). On tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders, he be­came Cur­ate of Nut­hurst and Cock­ing, West Sus­sex, and St. Anne’s, Win­ches­ter. For a time, he al­so served as In­cum­bent of St. John’s near Graves­end. His works in­clude:

• Transla­tion of Homer’s Il­i­ad
• Transla­tion of Æschylus’ Ag­a­mem­non the King
• Works on the Book of Common Pray­er, inc­lud­ing a par­a­phrase of a La­tin trans­la­tion
• Bre­vi­ar­i­um Aber­do­nen­se (ed­it­or)
• Hymns and Hymn­books (a pamph­let), 1858
• The Church Hymn and Tune Book (with Hen­ry Gaunt­lett), 1852
• Transla­tion of the 1548 Al­tar Ser­vice of the Church of Eng­land

Sources

Hymns

1. Christ in the Father’s Glory Bright
2. God’s Ark Is in the Field
3. Hark, Through the Dewy Morn­ing
4. Lord of the Gold­en Day
5. O Lord, Thy Wing Outs­pread
6. O Thou, Who on Saint­ed Quire
7. Sleeper, Awake, Arise
8. Sweet Babe, That Wrapt in Twi­light
9. Ye Crowned Kings, Ap­proach Ye

Translations

1. Day Is Past and Gone, The
2. Let Sighing Cease and Woe
3. O King Most High of Earth and Sky
4. Servant of God, Re­mem­ber