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Jane Cross Simpson
Jane Cross Simpson (1811–1886) was a Scottish writer, known as a hymn-writer and poet. Life The daughter of James Bell, advocate, and sister to Henry Glassford Bell and Jonathan Anderson Bell, she was born Jane Cross Bell in Glasgow on 12 November 1811. Educated by her father, she studied the classics, and travelled much on the continent. For some years from 1822, her father was assessor and town-clerk of Greenock, and she contributed to the ''Greenock Advertiser'' under the pseudonym "Gertrude". After her husband's death, Jane Simpson resided with her married daughter, Mrs. Napier, at Portobello, Edinburgh, then Newport-on-Tay, and then Aberdeen. She died at Aberdeen on 17 June 1886. Works In 1831, as "Gertrude", Jane Bell wrote a noted hymn on prayer, ''Go when the morning shineth'', for the ''Edinburgh Literary Journal'', then edited by her brother Henry. She also contributed, in prose and verse, to the ''Scottish Christian Herald''. She published ''Piety of Daily Life'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Glassford Bell
Henry Glassford Bell (5 November 18037 January 1874) was a Scotland, Scottish lawyer, poet and historian. Life Born in Glasgow, the son of advocate James Bell, he received his education at the High School of Glasgow, Glasgow High School and at Edinburgh University. As a poet, he became intimate with David Macbeth Moir, Delta Moir, James Hogg, John Wilson (Scottish writer), John Wilson (Christopher North), and others on the staff of ''Blackwood's Magazine'', to which he was drawn by his political sympathies. In 1828 he became editor of the ''Edinburgh Literary Journal'', which was eventually incorporated in the ''Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle''. In 1831 he published ''Summer and Winter Hours'', a volume of poems, of which the best known is that on Mary, Queen of Scots. He further defended the cause of the queen in a prose ''Life'' (2 vols, 1828–1831). Among his other works may be mentioned a preface which he wrote to Bell and Bains's edition (1865) of the works of William Shakes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |