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Edward Osler
1798–1863
A 19th-century English surgeon turned journalist and writer, he moved easily between medicine, poetry, biography, and hymn writing. His work ranged from naval and historical subjects to widely sung church texts.
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The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth
by Edward Osler
About the author
Born at Falmouth, Cornwall, in January 1798, Edward Osler was educated for the medical profession and studied at Guy’s Hospital in London. Early in his career he served as house surgeon at Swansea Infirmary, but he did not stay only in medicine for long.
Osler became a notably versatile man of letters. Sources describe him as a writer, editor, and hymn writer, and record that he was associated with the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in London and Bath. In 1841 he became editor of the Royal Cornwall Gazette at Truro, a post he held for the rest of his life.
He is remembered for a varied body of work that included biographies, poems, historical writing, and hymns. Edward Osler died at Truro in 1863.