Godfrey Thring, was an Anglican clergyman and hymn writer.
10 Facts About Godfrey Thring
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Godfrey Thring was born at Alford, Somerset, the son of the rector, Rev John Gale Dalton Thring and Sarah nee Jenkyns.
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Godfrey Thring was brother of Theodore Thring, Henry, Lord Thring, Edward Thring and John Charles Thring, and two sisters.
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Godfrey Thring was educated at Shrewsbury School and graduated in 1845 from Balliol College, Oxford with a BA.
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In May 1855, Godfrey Thring was part of a tour led by James Finn, the British Consul in Jerusalem going East of the River Jordan.
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In 1858 his father united the benefices of Alford and Hornblotton by an Act of Parliament styled the "Thrings Estate Bill" and Godfrey became his father's curate.
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Godfrey Thring died in 1903 and was buried in Shamley Green, Surrey, England.
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The Rev Godfrey Thring worked constantly for the good of the children.
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Godfrey Thring presented the school with a harmonium on which he could play his compositions and get the children to sing the hymns that he wrote.
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Godfrey Thring wrote many hymns including "The radiant morn has passed away" and "Fierce raged the tempest o'er the deep".