Sabine Baring-Gould of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1240 publications. His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from the Basque language to English.
Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould
Anglican
1834-01-28
St. Sidwell, Exeter
1924-01-02
King's College School in London, Warwick Grammar School, bachelor of Arts from Cambridge University (1857), Master of Arts from Clare College-Cambridge (1860)