History of
What Child Is This

Died: September 9, 1898, Cheddar, Somerset, England.

Buried: Parish church, Cheddar, Somerset, England.

William Dix' father, a surgeon, wrote a biography of poet Thomas Chatterton, and gave his son his middle name in his honor. Young William attended the Bristol Grammar School. Later, he managed a marine insurance company in Glasgow, Scotland, but his heart was in the poetry of worship. He wrote more than 40 hymns over the course of his life. His works include:

Hymns of Love and Joy (1861)

Altar Songs, Verses on the Holy Eucharist (1867)

A Vision of All Saints (1871)

Seekers of a City (1878)

Some Major Hymns he wrote:

1. Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!
2. As with Gladness, Men of Old
3. Come unto Me, Ye Weary
4. To Thee, O Lord, Our Hearts We Raise
5. What Child Is This?

What Child Is This

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