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- William Walsham How was an English bishop. The son of a Shrewsbury solicitor, How was educated at Shrewsbury School, Wadham College, Oxford and University College, Durham. He was ordained in 1846, and for upwards of thirty years was actively engaged in parish work at Whittington in Shropshire and Oswestry (rural dean, 1860). He refused preferment on several occasions, but his energy and success made him well known, and in 1879 he became a suffragan bishop in London, under the title of bishop of Bedford, his province being the East End. There he became the inspiring influence of a revival of church work. He founded the East London Church Fund, and enlisted a large band of enthusiastic helpers, his popularity among all classes being immense. He was particularly fond of children, and was commonly called the children's bishop. In 1888 he was made bishop of Wakefield, and in the north of England he continued to do valuable work. His sermons were straightforward, earnest and attractive; and besides publishing several volumes of these, he wrote a good deal of verse, including such well-known hymns as Who is this so weak and helpless, Lord, Thy children guide and keep and For All the Saints. In 1863-1868 he brought out a Commentary on the Four Gospels and he also wrote a manual for the Holy Communion. Published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge during the 1890s under the title "Holy Communion, Preparation and Companion... together with the Collects, Epistles and Gospels" this book was widely distributed and many copies still survive today. In the movement for infusing new spiritual life into the church services, especially among the poor, How was a great force. He was much helped in his earlier work by his wife, Frances A Douglas (d. 1887).
- William Walsham How, född 1823, död 1897. Anglikansk psalmdiktare och biskop i Wakefield, England. Han finns representerad i 1986 års psalmbok med originaltexten till en psalm som 1911 översattes av Nathan Söderblom. How finns representerad i The Church Hymn book 1872 med tre psalmer. Jesus! name of wonderous love (nr 794), Soldiers of the cross, arise (nr 1212) samt We give thee but thine own (nr 1264), samtliga diktade 1854.
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- William Walsham How was an English bishop. The son of a Shrewsbury solicitor, How was educated at Shrewsbury School, Wadham College, Oxford and University College, Durham. He was ordained in 1846, and for upwards of thirty years was actively engaged in parish work at Whittington in Shropshire and Oswestry (rural dean, 1860).
- William Walsham How, född 1823, död 1897. Anglikansk psalmdiktare och biskop i Wakefield, England. Han finns representerad i 1986 års psalmbok med originaltexten till en psalm som 1911 översattes av Nathan Söderblom. How finns representerad i The Church Hymn book 1872 med tre psalmer. Jesus! name of wonderous love (nr 794), Soldiers of the cross, arise (nr 1212) samt We give thee but thine own (nr 1264), samtliga diktade 1854.
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