Born: Oc­to­ber 19, 1838, Ad­dle­stone, Sur­rey, Eng­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 10, 1898, Brus­sels, Bel­gi­um.

Claudia’s fa­ther was an An­gli­can priest, and her hus­band a min­is­ter and school in­spect­or. She took an av­id in­ter­est in child­ren’s re­li­gious ed­u­ca­tion, and some of her trans­la­tions of Latin hymns were spe­ci­fic­al­ly for child­ren. Her works in­clude:

• A Child’s Book of Praise, 1873
• Altar Hymn­al, 1884 (co-com­pil­er)
• Christmas Car­ols for Child­ren, 1885
• Lyra Con­so­la­tion­is from the Po­ets of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Cen­tu­ries, 1890

Hymns

1. Come, Children, Raise Your Voices
2. Call to Arms Is Sound­ing, The
3. Lord, Who Through­out These For­ty Days

Translations

1. Ho­ly Spirit, Hear Us