1858 - 1933 Person Name: Joseph A. Robinson, 1858-1933 Hymnal Title: Gather Comprehensive Author of "'Tis Good, Lord, to Be Here" in Gather Comprehensive Robinson, Joseph Armitage, D.D., Dean of Westminster since 1902, of Christ College, Camb. (B.A. 1881, M.A. 1884, D.D. 1896), sometime Fellow of his College, Norrisian Prof, of Div., Camb., Rector of St. Marg., Westminster, and Canon of Westminster, &c.,is only slightly associated with hymnology. His hymn, "'Tis good, Lord, to be here" (Transfiguration), was written c. 1890. It was included in the 1904 edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, and supplies a long-felt want with respect to hymns on the Trans¬figuration.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
J. Armitage Robinson