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Francis Bland Tucker(1895-1984) was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He was educated at the University of Virginia and the Virginia Theological Seminary. A Bible scholar, priest and hymn composer, Tucker served on the two commissions, forty-two years apart, that revised hymnals of the Episcopal Church. The 1982 Episcopal Convention overwhelmingly approved the revised Hymnal which includes 17 of Tucker's contributions. Among these are the texts, "Oh, Gracious Light" (Hymns 25-26), "Father, we thee who hast planted" (Hymns 302-303), and his original text, "Our Father, by whose Name" (Hymn 587). Only John Mason Neale is credited with more items in the 1982 Hymnal.

Francis Bland Tucker was born to Beverley Dandridge Tucker (1846-1930), Episcopal Bishop of Southern Virginia, and Anna Maria Washington (Tucker). His mother was the last of the Washington line to be born at Mount Vernon making F. Bland Tucker a collateral descendant of George Washington.

Francis Bland is the brother of Henry St. George Tucker, 19th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.