Charitie Lees Smith

Charitie Lees Smith
Born21 June 1841
Bloomfield, Merrion, County Dublin, Ireland
DiedJune 20, 1923(1923-06-20) (aged 81)
Oakland, California, US
Occupationhymnwriter, religious writer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityIrish
Spouse
Arthur E. Bancroft
​
(m. 1869)​
,

Charitie Lees Smith (later, Charitie Lees Bancroft; still later Charitie de Cheney or Charitie de Chenez; pen name, C.L.S.[1] 21 June 1841 – 20 June 1923) was an Anglican Irish American hymnwriter. Her hymns, well known in England and Ireland, were included in Lyra Sacra Hibernica, Ryle's Spiritual Songs, Lyra Britannica, and Times of Refreshing.[2] Additionally, she wrote various religious pieces for periodicals.[3]

  1. ^ "Charitie Lees De Chenez". The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ^ Robinson 1893, p. 208.
  3. ^ O'Donoghue 1892, p. 16.