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Frances Elizabeth Cox

1812–1897 · Oxford · England

An Oxford native, she made her name turning German hymns into English. Her translations first appeared in 1841 as a set of 49, growing to 56 in the 1864 edition. Among the most widely sung are "Jesus lives! no longer now" and "Who are these like stars appearing?"

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Lived

1812–1897

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