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John Ernest Bode

1816 – 1874

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About John Ernest Bode

Lived 1816 – 1874 (aged 58). John Ernest Bode was a British poet.

John Ernest Bode (13 February 1816 – 6 October 1874) was an Anglican priest, educator, poet, and hymnist.

Life

Born in London, he was the son of William Bode. He educated at Eton, the Charter House, and then at Christ Church, Oxford where he received his B.A. in 1837 and a M.A. three years later. He won the Hertford Scholarship.

He was ordained in 1841 and became Rector of Westwell, Oxfordshire in 1847, then of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, 1860.

Bode was married with three children. One of his children was Alice Mary Bode who also wrote Christian hymns; most famously, "Once pledged by the Cross".

He died in Castle Camps, 6 October 1874 aged 58, and was buried near the hedge facing the West Window.

Published works His Bampton Lectures were delivered in 1855. on the occasion of the confirmation of his own two sons and daughter at Castle Camps in 1869. The hymn tune was written in 1881 by Arthur Henry Mann, who at one period in his life served as organist and choirmaster at King's College, Cambridge, famous for its superb choral music.

A letter written by him in support of Osborne Gordon is held in the Papers of Osborne Gordon collection at Oxford.

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Christ Church, Eton College, Charterhouse School

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John Ernest Bode was born on 13 February 1816.

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John Ernest Bode died on 6 October 1874.

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John Ernest Bode was a poet.

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John Ernest Bode was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Ernest Bode

· Wikidata: Q6231869

· DBpedia: John Ernest Bode

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