Sarah Fuller Adams | |
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 Sketch of Sarah, a copy of a now lost 1834 sketch by Margaret Gillies | |
| Born | Sarah Fuller Flower 22 February 1805 Old Harlow, Essex, England |
| Died | 14 August 1848 (aged 43) London, England |
| Resting place | Foster Street, Essex, England |
| Pen name | S.Y.[1] |
| Occupation | Poet, hymnwriter |
| Notable works | "Nearer, My God, to Thee" |
| Spouse | |
| Parents | Benjamin Flower (father) |
| Relatives | William Fuller, Richard Fuller, Eliza Flower, Richard Flower, John Clayton |
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Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (or Sally Adams)[1] (22 February 1805 – 14 August 1848) was an English poet and hymnwriter.[2] A selection of hymns she wrote, published by William Johnson Fox, included her best-known one, "Nearer, My God, to Thee", reportedly played by the band as the RMS Titanic sank in 1912.
- ^ a b Brown, Susan, Patricia Clements, and Isobel Grundy, eds. Sarah Flower Adams entry: Life screen within Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Online, 2006. http://orlando.cambridge.org/. 28 November 2018.
- ^ Blain, Virginia H. (2004). "Adams, Sarah Flower (1805–1848)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/129. Retrieved 3 November 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)