Caroline Maria Noel
Born(1817-04-10)10 April 1817
Teston, Kent, England, UK[1]
Died7 December 1877(1877-12-07) (aged 60)
Hyde Park, London, England, UK
OccupationHymnographer, Poet
Period1834–1877
GenreReligion, Congressional
Relatives
  • Gerard Thomas (Father)[1]
  • Charlotte Sophia (Mother)
  • Anna Sophia (Sister)
  • Louisa Diana (Sister)
  • Charlotte (Sister)
  • Emma (Sister)
  • Elizabeth (Sister)
  • Wriothesley Noel (Uncle)

Caroline Maria Noel (1817–1877) was an English hymnographer. Her processional hymn, "At the Name of Jesus", was noteworthy, growing in favor in England and in the U.S., and being included in several standard hymnals.[2]

Life

Noel was born on 10 April 1817 into an aristocratic family, daughter to Church of England cleric Gerard Thomas Noel[1] and Charlotte Sophia, and was the niece of aristocratic clergyman Baptist Wriothesley Noel.[1] She had five sisters; Anna Sophia, Louisa Diana, Charlotte, Emma and Elizabeth.[3] She died at 39 Cumberland Place, Hyde Park, London, on 7 December 1877, aged 60.[3] She was buried at Romsey Abbey.[4]

Career

Noel started to write poems aged 17, but ceased to do so for many years afterwards. In the last 25 years of her life, she was struck down by crippling illness which left her bedridden.[5] Due to this illness, Noel returned to writing poems. In 1861, she published a volume of verses especially designed for the sick and lonely. An enlarged edition was issued in 1870 which bore the title, In the Name of Jesus, and Other Poems.[2]

Notable works

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "At the Name of Jesus - Hymnary.org". hymnary.org.
  2. 1 2 Smith, Nicholas (1903). Songs from the Hearts of Women: One Hundred Famous Hymns and Their Writers. A.C. McClurg. pp. 116–19. Retrieved 21 December 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. 1 2 "Biography of Miss Caroline Maria Noel, 1817-1877 (Spiritual Songsters)". www.stempublishing.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Hymns & Music :: Biography for Caroline Maria Noel".
  5. ↑ "Today in 1817 – Caroline Noel Born". Wordwise Hymns. 10 April 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2018.


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