Blew, William John (M)

b. 13 April 1808. d. 27 December 1894. Nationality: English.
Translator, Church of England clergyman, hymn writer, and liturgical scholar. Pseudonym “W. B.” Educated at Wadham College, Oxford. ordained a priest in 1834. Married Mary Ann Read Walker on 20 July 1846. Biographical information: *ODNB*. (SP. CC)

Poems associated with this person

Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Hymn to Mars 1837-04 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 14142
Hymn to Venus 1837-04 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 14141
Homer’s Hymn to Venus 1837-09 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11914
An Hymn of Pindar. The Seventh Olympionique. To Diagoras of Rhodes, Conquerer in the Boxing-Match 1838-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11978