Cecil Frances Alexander
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excelled at writing for children. Over the course of her career in the second half of the nineteenth century, she wrote at least four hundred poems and hymns. Many of these, including All Things Bright and Beautiful, are still sung in the
and related traditions today.
wrote both hymns and verse, the latter also usually adaptable for music. Her work was mainly directed towards young audiences, as she - BirthName: Cecil Frances Humphreys, a scholar of Irish literature, gives this name (once not uncommon for women) as Cecilia.
- Nickname: Fanny
- Married: Alexander
- Pseudonym: C. F. A.