Sarah Flower Adams

22 February 1805 - 14 August 1848

SFA was a poet, a contributor to periodicals, and a hymn-writer. Over the course of her career she published a dramatic poem, a catechism for children, and fourteen hymns. Her uncollected works include numerous poems, short stories, and essays published in various periodicals.

Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 199. Gale Research, 1999.

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Emerging from the politicised Unitarian intellectual ferment of the 1830s, much of her writing dealt with working-class issues, as well as social acculturation, and gender equity.

Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 199. Gale Research, 1999.

199: 4

Milestones

22 February 1805

Sarah Fuller Flower (later SFA ) was born at Great Harlow, in Essex.

Stephenson, Harold William. The Author of Nearer, My God, to Thee (Sarah Flower Adams). Lindsey Press, 1922.

Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908.

1841

SFA contributed lyrics for fourteen pieces to Hymns and Anthems, compiled by W. J. Fox ; this work includes the first printing of her most famous hymn, Nearer, My God, to Thee.

Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 199. Gale Research, 1999.

199: 6

1845

SFA published The Flock at the Fountain, a catechism for children.

British Library Catalogue.

14 August 1848

SFA died of consumption in London. She was forty-three.

Stephenson, Harold William. The Author of Nearer, My God, to Thee (Sarah Flower Adams). Lindsey Press, 1922.

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Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 199. Gale Research, 1999.

199: 7

Biography

Birth

22 February 1805

Sarah Fuller Flower (later SFA ) was born at Great Harlow, in Essex.

Stephenson, Harold William. The Author of Nearer, My God, to Thee (Sarah Flower Adams). Lindsey Press, 1922.

Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908.