Arabella Katherine Hankey (1834 - 1911)

Born 12 Jan 1834 in London, England

Died 9 May 1911 at age 77 in St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Katherine Hankey is Notable.

Katherine was a Protestant missionary.

Arabella Katherine Hankey was born in 1834 at London, England, the daughter of a prosperous banker. Her family were devout Anglicans and members of the Clapham Sect. ^[1]

Katherine, as she was known, was inspired by the Methodist revival of John Wesley and organised and taught in Sunday schools in London. She then did missionary work as a nurse in South Africa, assisting her brother. ^[1]

Whilst bedridden for a long convalescence Katherine wrote her 100-verse poem, The Old, Old Story, in two parts: The Story Wanted and The Story Told. The poem produced the well-known hymns, Tell me the old, old story and I Love to Tell the Story. ^[2]

Katherine passed away, unmarried, aged 77 years, in 1911 at St George Hanover Square, London. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wikipedia profile: Katherine Hankey; accessed 4 Jun 2020
2. ↑ Jasper, Tony. The Illustrated Family Hymn Book. Queen Anne Press, London, 1980. ISBN 0362 00508 7
3. ↑ UK FreeBMD Death Index Jun qtr 1911, vol 1a, page 256