12 Facts About Walsham How

William Walsham How was an English Anglican bishop.

Walsham How was ordained in 1846, and after a curacy at Kidderminster, began more than thirty years actively engaged in parish work in Shropshire, as curate at the Abbey Church in Shrewsbury in 1848.

Walsham How took a stand against what he regarded as immoral literature and Thomas Hardy claimed that he had burned a copy of his novel Jude the Obscure.

Walsham How was at one time its president, and he contributed a paper on "The Botany of Great Orme's Head".

Walsham How was the botanical contributor to The Gossiping Guide for Wales.

Walsham How founded the East London Church Fund, and enlisted a large band of enthusiastic helpers, his popularity among all classes being immense.

Walsham How was particularly fond of children, and was commonly called "the children's bishop".

Walsham How then planned to establish a Deaconess Community and applied to the London Diocesan Deaconess Institution.

Walsham How's sermons were straightforward, earnest and attractive; and besides publishing several volumes of these, he wrote a good deal of verse, including such well-known hymns as Who is this so weak and helpless, Lord, Thy children guide and keep and For All the Saints.

Walsham How died while on holiday in Ireland, on 10 August 1897 in Leenane, County Mayo.

Walsham How is represented in The Church Hymn Book with three hymns:.

Walsham How appears as a significant character in Bernard Pomerance's 1979 Broadway play The Elephant Man.