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Sarah Flower Adams (1805–1848)
Adams, Sarah Flower. An English hymn-writer; born at Great Harlow, Essex, Feb. 22, 1805; died in Aug. 1848. In 1834 she was married to William Bridges Adams, a noted inventor. She was the author of ‘Vivia Perpetua,’ a dramatic poem (London, 1841); and of many lyrics and hymns, the most popular of which is ‘Nearer, My God, to Thee’ (1860). (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).