1823–1894
Frank Bottome

Introduction

Born: May 26, 1823, Bel­per, Der­by­shire, Eng­land.

Died: June 29, 1894, Gun­nis­lake, Corn­wall.

Buried: Tav­is­tock Ce­me­te­ry, Ta­vis­tock, De­von, Eng­land.

portrait

Biography

After emi­grat­ing to Am­er­ica, Bot­tome be­came a Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal min­is­ter in 1850.

Dickinson College in Car­lisle, Penn­syl­van­ia, award­ed him an hon­or­ary Doc­tor of Di­vi­ni­ty de­gree in 1872.

Works

Bottome al­so helped com­pile Gos­pel Songs, by R. P. Smith, 1872.

Sources

Lyrics