REGINALD HEBER
\ɹˈɛd͡ʒɪnə͡ld hˈɛbə], \ɹˈɛdʒɪnəld hˈɛbə], \ɹ_ˈɛ_dʒ_ɪ_n_əl_d h_ˈɛ_b_ə]\
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A British hymn-writer and clergyman; born in Cheshire, April 21, 1783; died at Trichinopoly, India, April 3, 1826. Graduating at Oxford with honors, he became prominent as prebendary of St. Asaph, 1812; preacher of Lincoln's Inn, 1822; and Bishop of Calcutta, 1822. The most popular of his hymns, "From Greenland's Icy Mountains", appeared in 1819; and his sermon on "The Personality and Office of the Christian Comforter" also brought him fame. He wrote "A Journey through India from Calcutta to Bombay".
By Charles Dudley Warner
