Heber by Henry Hugh Armstead or J. Birnie Philip[?]. Colonial Office, Whitehall, London. [Click on image to enlarge it.] Detail. Compare Sir Francis Chantrey's memorial to Bishop Reginald Heber (1783-1826) in St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata (Calcutta), India. Heber (1783-1826), the second Bishop of Calcutta, is best known today for his famous hymns, including "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty," "From Greenland's icy mountains," "Brightest and best of the sons of the morning" and "Lord of mercy and of might."
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Bibliography
Bradley, Simon, and Nikolaus Pevsner. London 6: Westminster. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003.
Created 22 September 2011
Last modified 30 January 2020