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Aaron Crossley Hobart Seymour
1789–1870
An Anglo-Irish religious writer and hymn-writer, this 19th-century author is best remembered for devotional works and for a substantial biography of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon. His life and writing grew out of an evangelical Protestant world that valued moral seriousness, faith, and literary effort.
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The life and times of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, Vol. 1 of 2
by Aaron Crossley Hobart Seymour
About the author
Born in County Limerick on December 19, 1789, he was the son of John Crossley Seymour, vicar of Caherelly in the diocese of Cashel, and was educated largely at home. From an early age he was drawn to literary work, and he published Vital Christianity Exhibited in a Series of Letters when he was still a young man.
He went on to build a reputation as an Anglo-Irish religious author and hymn-writer. Among his best-known books is The Life and Times of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, a major biographical work connected with the evangelical movement of the 18th century.
He was also the elder brother of Michael Hobart Seymour. He died in October 1870, leaving behind a body of writing shaped by Protestant devotion, biography, and hymnody.