Anstice, Joseph

Anstice, Joseph an English poet, was born at Madeley Wood, Shropshire, in 1808;. educated at Westminster and Oxford; in 1830 became professor of classical literature in King's College, London, and died at Torquay, February 29, 1836. Among his productions were a select number of Hymns (anonymously published in 1886), several of which are quite popular.