1855–1933

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 19, 1855, Ke­nil­worth, War­wick­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Au­gust 9, 1933, Clif­ton, Bris­tol, Eng­land.

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Biography

William was the son of Hen­ry and Lu­cy Ma­ry Drap­er. He married three times: to Char­lotte Ed­ith Den­man, Syl­via Rich­ards and Em­ily Au­gus­ta Wright.

He was edu­cat­ed at Ke­ble College, Ox­ford (BA in hon­ors, MA 1880).

Ordained in 1880, he served as cur­ate of St. Ma­ry’s, Shrews­bury; vicar of Al­fre­ton, Der­by­shire; vicar of the Ab­bey Church, Shrews­bu­ry; rector of Adel, York­shire (1899–1919); Mas­ter of the Tem­ple, Lon­don (1919–30); and vicar of Ax­bridge, So­mer­set.

Works

In ad­di­tion, Drap­er con­trib­ut­ed hymns to the Guard­ian, Church Month­ly, and oth­er ma­ga­zines. He wrote about 60 hymns al­to­ge­ther.

Sources

Lyrics

Translations