Joseph Francis Thrupp (1827–1867) was an English churchman and academic, known as a writer on the

Psalms The Book of Psalms ( or ; he, תְּהִלִּים, , lit. "praises"), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the ("Writings"), the third section of the Tanakh, and a book of the Old Testament. The title is derived ...

, and composer of a setting of the hymn '' Brightest and Best''.

Life

He was the only son of Joseph William Thrupp, a solicitor, of 50 Upper Brook Street, and Merrow House,

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, and was born on 20 May 1827.

Dorothy Ann Thrupp Dorothy Ann Thrupp (pseudonyms Iota and D.A.T.; 20 June 1779 – 14 December 1847) was a British psalmist, hymnwriter, and translator. Many of her psalms and hymns, which were published under various pseudonyms, were included in: ''Friendly Visit ...

was his aunt.

Frederick Thrupp Frederick Thrupp (1812–1895) was an English sculptor. Life Frederick was born on 20 June 1812, the youngest son of Joseph Thrupp of Paddington Green, London, by Mary Pillow (d. 1845), his second wife. Joseph Thrupp from 1774 ran Thrupp & Mab ...

was his uncle, they were all members of a notable Grosvenor Square coachbuilding family. He was educated at

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under

George Moberly George Moberly (10 October 1803 – 6 July 1885) was an English cleric who was headmaster of Winchester College, and then served as Bishop of Salisbury from 1869 until his death. Life He was born in St Petersburg, Russia in 1803, the seventh s ...

from 1840 to 1845, becoming head prefect, and at

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

. He graduated B.A. in 1849 as seventh wrangler and eleventh classic, and proceeded M.A. in 1852. He was elected to a fellowship at Trinity, and then travelled in

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. Thrupp was ordained in 1852, and in the same year accepted the college living of

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. Thrupp was a member of the board of theological studies at Cambridge, and in 1865 was select preacher. He died at Surbiton on 23 September 1867, and is buried at

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. He is commemorated by a window in Trinity College chapel and another in Barrington church, both presented by his widow.

Works

Thrupp published: * ''Ancient Jerusalem'' (1855). * ''Introduction to the Psalms'', 2 vols. 1860. * ''A Translation of the Song of Songs'', 1862. He contributed to the ''

Speaker's Commentary Frederic Charles Cook (1 December 1804– 22 June 1889) was an English churchman, known as a linguist and the editor of the ''Speaker's Commentary'' on the Bible. Life Born at Millbrook, Hampshire, and later moved to Berkshire, he was admitted a ...

'' and to William Smith's '' Dictionary of the Bible''.

Family

In 1853 Thrupp married Elizabeth Bligh, fourth daughter of the Rev. John David Glennie of St. Mary's, Park Street.

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Thrupp, Joseph Francis 1827 births 1867 deaths 19th-century English Anglican priests Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge Presidents of the Cambridge Union