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Samuel B. Goslin

Best known for practical guides to bell ringing, this late Victorian and Edwardian writer helped beginners learn both church-bell ringing and musical hand-bell work in a clear, hands-on way.

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First Steps to Bell Ringing Being an Introduction to the Healthful and Pleasant Exercise of Bell Ringing in Rounds and Changes upon Church Bells

First Steps to Bell Ringing Being an Introduction to the Healthful and Pleasant Exercise of Bell Ringing in Rounds and Changes upon Church Bells

by Samuel B. Goslin

About the author

Samuel B. Goslin was a British writer on bell ringing whose surviving books focus on teaching newcomers the basics. His best-known works include First Steps to Bell Ringing and The A B C of Musical Hand-Bell Ringing, both aimed at making a specialized skill easier to approach.

Information gathered from ringing-history sources suggests he was active in the late 19th century not only as an author but also in the bell trade, with connections to work at Bishopsgate Foundry and Art Metal Works. Those same sources note that he published handbell material in 1879 and died on October 6, 1918.

Very little widely available biographical material appears to survive beyond his books and specialist ringing references, so the picture of his life is necessarily brief. What stands out is his practical, instructional style and his place in preserving the traditions of English bell ringing for beginners.