1826 - 1907 Author of "When across the inward thought" in Jubilate Deo Tomkins, Henry George, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, ordained in 1857, and Vicar of Branscombe, Devon, 1868-72, is the author of several poems and hymns in Lyra Anglicana and other collections, one of which, "Come Lord Jesus, quickly come" (Advent) is in common use. His Poems, Chiefly Sacred, were published in 1891.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Tomkins, H. G., p. 1593, ii. He died at Weston-super-Mare, Feb. 21, 1907, in his 81st year.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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