Dorothy Greenwell (1821-12-06)6 December 1821 Lanchester, County Durham, England
Died
29 March 1882(1882-03-29) (aged 60) Clifton, Bristol
Resting place
Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol
Occupation
poet
Language
English
Nationality
English
Notable works
"I Am Not Skilled to Understand" (My Savior My God, contemporary version)
Relatives
William Greenwell, Henry Nicholas Greenwell (brothers)
Dora Greenwell (6 December 1821 – 29 March 1882) was an English poet. The name "Dora Greenwell" was for many years supposed to be the pseudonym of a writer of rare spiritual insight and fine poetic genius. It was very generally surmised that she was a member of the Society of Friends; and there was much ground for this supposition. As time wore on, and book followed book, some of the facts of her personal history became known and were occasionally referred to in the public press. But for a very long period little was really known of her actual life, and many mistakes gained currency.[1]
Her poem, "I Am Not Skilled to Understand" was set to music by William J. Kirkpatrick. A contemporary version of it, "My Savior My God", is a 2006 radio single by contemporary Christian musician, Aaron Shust, from his album, Anything Worth Saying.
DoraGreenwell (6 December 1821 – 29 March 1882) was an English poet. The name "DoraGreenwell" was for many years supposed to be the pseudonym of a writer...
Greenwell is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: DoraGreenwell (1821–1882), English poet Emma Greenwell (born 1989), American...
and a sister Dorothy (1821–1882) who published poetry under the name DoraGreenwell. After an early education by Rev George Newby, he attended Witton-le-Wear...
published poetry under the name DoraGreenwell. He had two other older brothers Francis Greenwell (1823–1894) and Alan Greenwell (1824–1914). As fourth son...
Fraser-Tytler Harold E. Goad Eva Gore-Booth Edmund Gosse John Gray DoraGreenwell Alfred Gurney Christopher Harvey Frances Ridley Havergal Robert Stephen...
The Greenwell Store is a historic building now run as a museum by the Kona Historical Society. Henry Nicholas Greenwell (1826–1891) was an English merchant...
Adam Lindsay Gordon – Edmund Gosse – Charles Granville – David Gray – DoraGreenwell – Gerald Griffin – Louise Imogen Guiney – Fitz-Greene Halleck – Thomas...
December 1 – Jane C. Bonar, Scottish hymnwriter (died 1884) December 6 – DoraGreenwell, English poet (died 1882) December 12 – Gustave Flaubert, French novelist...
Cromwell as a harsh but just ruler. Miriam Cromwell, Royalist (1897) by DoraGreenwell McChesney, is a novel focusing on Cromwell's relationship with his niece...
English poet and composer Teréz Ferenczy (1823–1853), Hungarian poet DoraGreenwell (1821–1882), English poet Frances Harper (1825–1911), American poet...
(1716–1771), English poet Robert Greene (1558–1592), English author and poet DoraGreenwell (1821–1882), English poet Linda Gregg (1942–2019), US poet Horace Gregory...
Evans - Michael Field - Edward Fitzgerald - David Gray - John Gray - DoraGreenwell - Thomas Gordon Hake - John Hanmer - Thomas Hardy - Frances Ridley Havergal...
writings often focus on religious introspection. In 1867 she edited, with DoraGreenwell, A Story of Doom and other Poems, a poetry collection for children....
Auxiliary pilot, the first female British aviator to die in World War II DoraGreenwell (1821–1882), poet Anthony Norris Groves, missionary James Hosken, captain...
usually credited as author and composer, Shust used the verses from DoraGreenwell's 1873 poem, "I Am Not Skilled to Understand", and added a new bridge...
under the pen name "Elen Egryn", Telyn Egryn ("Egryn's Harp", Welsh) DoraGreenwell, Stories That Might Be True, with Other Poems Leigh Hunt, The Autobiography...
Carpenter, Narcissus, and Other Poems Austin Dobson, Vignettes in Rhyme DoraGreenwell, Songs of Salvation William Morris, Love is Enough; or, The Freeing...
pamphlets of a moral or spiritual nature. She also edited collections of DoraGreenwell's poetry. Her unpublished writings including an unfinished autobiography...
1880); Indian poet, writing in English, published in the United Kingdom DoraGreenwell, Camera Obscura Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Wreck of the Deutschland...
Drawer, Scotland Aubrey Thomas de Vere, English Misrule and Irish Deeds DoraGreenwell, Poems John Keats, Ode on Indolence first published, posthumously (the...
memoir The Chronology of Water, and the novels The Small Backs of Children, Dora: A Headcase, and The Book of Joan. She is also known for her TED talk "The...
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