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Jane L... Gray

1796 – 1871

Northern Ireland-born American poet and hymnwriter

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Lived 1796 – 1871 (aged 74–75). Jane L... Gray was an American writer, poet and hymnwriter.

Jane Lewers Gray (1796–1871) was an Irish-born American poet and hymnwriter of the Romantic era. While Weaver claimed, "As a writer of strictly religious poetry, Mrs. Gray is, in our estimation, almost unrivalled", Hart (1873) remarked that, "She is one of the sweetest singers among our second-class lyrists." Selections from the Poetical Writings of Jane Lewers Gray (1872) was published posthumously.

Early life and education Jane Lewers was a daughter of William Lewers, Esquire, of Castleblayney, (Griswold refers to William Lewers as being from Castle Clayney.) was published without the writer's knowledge in England, where it was so highly appreciated as to be translated into other languages. Montgomery, in a letter to Dr. Rev. Gray, remarked, "The critics who have mistaken the beautiful stanzas, 'Morn', for mine, have done me honor; but I willingly forego the claim, and am happy to recognize a sister-poet in the writer."

Selected works Selections from the Poetical Writings of Jane Lewers Gray, 1872 (text)

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Born
1796
Birth century
Died
1871
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Also known as
Jane Lewers, Jane Lewers Gray, Jane L. Gray, Mrs. John Gray, Miss Lewers, Mrs. J. L. Gray

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Who was Jane L... Gray?

Northern Ireland-born American poet and hymnwriter (1796-1871)

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Jane L... Gray was born in 1796.

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Jane L... Gray died in 1871.

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Jane L... Gray was a writer, poet and hymnwriter.

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Jane L... Gray was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jane L... Gray

· Wikidata: Q95660978

· DBpedia: Jane Lewers Gray

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