Cecil Frances Alexander
Sign in to saveAlso known as Fanny Alexander, Cecil Frances Humphreys
British hymn-writer and poet
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Within Vinony's link graph, Cecil Frances Alexander is referenced by 68 other articles, and connects out to Mark Twain, Dublin and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under 1818 births, 1895 deaths and 19th-century British women writers.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1818
- Died
- 1895
- Works
- 34
Top works
- Hymns descriptive and devotional for the use of schools
- St. Patrick's breastplate
- The Sunday book of poetry
- The baron's little daughter, and other tales, in prose and verse
- Hymns descriptive and devotional
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 238
- Total plays
- 599
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frances
- Family name
- Alexander
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of death
- Derry
- Spouse
- William Alexander
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Notable work
- Once in Royal David's City
- Image
- Cecil F Alexander.PNG
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- Commons category
- Cecil Frances Alexander
- date of death
- 1895-01-01
- date of birth
- 1818-01-01
- ethnic group
- Anglo-Irish people
- married name
- Cecil Frances Alexander
- birth name
- Cecil Frances Humphreys
- writing language
- English language
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Categories
1818 births1895 deaths19th-century British women writers19th-century British writers19th-century Irish composers19th-century Irish women musicians19th-century Irish writersAlexander family (British aristocracy)Anglican poetsIrish Anglican hymnwritersIrish people of English descentIrish women poetsPeople from StrabaneWomen hymnwritersWriters from County TyroneWriters from Dublin (city)