Born: Ap­ril 7, 1770, Cock­er­mouth, Cum­bria, Eng­land.

Died: Ap­ril 13, 1850, Ry­dal Mount, Cum­bria, Eng­land.

Buried: Gras­mere, Cum­bria, Eng­land.

Uncle of hymn­ist Christ­o­pher Words­worth, Will­iam was one of the best known po­ets of 19th Cen­tu­ry Eng­land.

Hymns

  1. The Laborer’s Noon-Day Hymn