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Toplady, Augustus Montague
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Hymn-writer, born at Farnham, Surrey; became vicar of Broad Hembury, Devonshire, in 1768; was an uncompromising Calvinist, and opponent of the Methodists; survives as the author of "Rock of Ages," besides which he wrote "Poems on Sacred Subjects," and compiled "Psalms and Hymns," of which a few are his own (1740-1778).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Toplady, Augustus Montague'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/t/toplady-augustus-montague.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.