Irons, William Josiah, Dd

Irons, William Josiah, D.D.

an English clergyman, was born at Hoddesdon, Hertshire, September 12, 1812. He graduated from Queen's College, Oxford, in 1833; became curate at Newington in 1835, rector at Walworth in 1837, of Barkway in 1838, of Brompton in 1842; prebendary of St. Paul's, London, in 1860; rector at Wadingham, Lincolnshire, in 1870; of St. Mary's, Woolnoth, London, in 1872, and died June 19, 1883. Besides numerous lectures, sermons, and ecclesiastical essays, Dr. Irons published several poetical works, especially Hymns for the Church (1875), from which a number of pieces have been adopted in many modern hymnals, notably his version of the Dies Irae (q.v.).