Eliza Sibbald Alderson (16 August 1818 – 18 March 1889) was an English poet and hymn writer.

Eliza Sibbald Dykes, sister of the famous Rev. J. B. Dykes, was born at Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. In 1850 she was married to Rev. Mr. Alderson, chaplain to the West Riding House of Correction, Wakefield, 1833 to 1876. Though she wrote many hymns, only 12 have been published. She died in 1889 and was buried at Kirkthorpe.

Eliza Sibbald Alderson

See also

English women hymnwriters (18th to 19th-century)

Eliza Sibbald Alderson

Augusta Amherst Austen

Sarah Bache

Charlotte Alington Barnard

Sarah Doudney

Charlotte Elliott

Ada R. Habershon

Katherine Hankey

Frances Ridley Havergal

Maria Grace Saffery

Anne Steele

Emily Taylor

Emily H. Woodmansee

References

1818 births

1889 deaths

Christian hymnwriters

English hymnwriters

19th-century English poets

British women hymnwriters

19th-century English women writers

19th-century English writers

Writers from Kingston upon Hull

Eliza Sibbald Alderson