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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Mrs Alexander
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(Cecil Frances Humphreys, 1818–95, m. William Alexander 1850) Irish author whose Hymns for Little Children (1848) contains three of the best-known hymns in the English language – *'All things bright and beautiful', 'There is a green hill far away' and 'Once in royal David's city' (popular also as a *carol).
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