Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Reginald Heber

Reginald Heber
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 21, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 07:04, 8 April 2013‎ (UTC)



Reginald Heber (1783–1826) was an English clergyman, traveller, man of letters and hymn-writer, who served as the Anglican Bishop of Calcutta. After graduating from Oxford University, where he gained a reputation as a poet, he undertook an extended tour of Scandinavia, Russia and central Europe at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. After ordination in 1807 he took over his father's old parish of Hodnet in Shropshire, where he combined his pastoral duties with other church offices and literary work. He was consecrated Bishop of Calcutta in October 1823. During his short episcopate he worked hard to improve the spiritual and general living conditions of his flock, before a combination of arduous duties, hostile climate and indifferent health brought about his collapse and death at the age of 42. Monuments were erected to his memory in India and in St Paul's Cathedral, London. Several of his hymns have survived into the 21st century; one of these, "Holy, Holy, Holy", is a popular and widely known hymn for Trinity Sunday. Some recent commentators have asserted that the paternalism and imperial assumptions expressed in his hymns are outdated and generally unacceptable in the modern world.


 * Probably 3 points: 2 for 230th anniversary of birth, 1 for no parsons in the last three months (maybe longer; last was probably one of Ealdgyth's medieval bishops). There aren't many recentish parsons who are TFA material, so here's a chance to redress the balance. Brianboulton (talk) 20:15, 27 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Support, a hymn to a hymn writer who worked in India, and a quality author, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:06, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, unusual topic. - SchroCat (talk) 07:35, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Support. Interesting article on rather unusual subject. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:33, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, from someone who has sung his hymns scores of times. Sarnold17 (talk) 16:38, 6 April 2013 (UTC)