Frances Elizabeth Cox

1812-1897

Francis Elizabeth Cox was born May 10, 1812, at Oxford, England. She was among the important English translators of the nineteenth century and a member of the Anglican Church. Together with Catherine Winkworth, she was among the first to rediscover and translate German hymns. She made 56 contributions to the 1841 publication, "Sacred Hymns from the German," including "Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above." The translation was published simultaneously in Lyra Eucharistica and Sacred Hymns from the German [2^nd Edition], 1864. It was introduced in the U.S. in the Lutheran Church Book, 1868.

She died September 23, 1897, at Headington, England.

Cox’s works include:

• Sacred Hymns from the German, 1841
• Hymns from the German, 1864

Translations:

• Jesus Lives!
• Lo, God to Heav’n Ascendeth
• O Let Him Whose Sorrow
• Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above
• Who Are These Like Stars Appearing

Sources: Cyberhymnal, Larry Marietta's Music Notes and others