1811–1879

Introduction

Born: Ju­ly 12, 1811, Mix­bu­ry rec­to­ry, Ox­ford­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Ap­ril 5, 1879, Chi­e­sa di San­ta Ma­ria in Por­ti­co in Cam­pi­tel­li, Rome, It­aly.

Buried: Ce­me­te­ry of San Lo­ren­zo in Campo Ve­ra­no, Rome, Ita­ly.

Biography

William was the son of Will­iam Jo­ce­lyn Pal­mer, rec­tor of Mix­bury, and bro­ther of Roun­dell Pal­mer.

He earned his BA de­gree from Mag­da­len Col­lege, Ox­ford, and ev­en­tu­al­ly be­came Fel­low, Tu­tor, and Vice-Pre­si­dent there. He con­vert­ed to Ro­man Ca­tholi­c­ism in 1855.

Works

Sources

Translations

  1. Again the Dawn Gives Warn­ing Meet
  2. At Length the Six Days’ Course Is Past
  3. Bathed in Tears, and Deep­ly Griev­ing
  4. Christ, in High­est Hea­ven En­thron­èd
  5. Exiled from Pa­ra­dise and Hea­ven
  6. Great God, What Ter­ror Fills the Eye
  7. Hark, Loud­er Through Sur­round­ing Gloom
  8. How Tenderly, How Pa­tient­ly
  9. Mysterious Sign of Roy­al­ty
  10. Now, Si­on, to the Ap­proach­ing King
  11. O Brigh­tness of the Fa­ther’s Light
  12. O Gra­cious Word, That Is­suing Forth from Heav’n
  13. O Three­fold Ho­li­ness and Might
  14. Spouse of Christ, in Arms Con­tend­ing
  15. Suppliant I Adore Thee, La­tent De­i­ty

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Pal­mer (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),