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Walter Blunt

1802–1868

Best remembered as a clergyman-writer and early editor, he helped shape the spirited Eton College magazine The Etonian and later wrote a much-circulated book about church bells. His work offers a vivid glimpse of 19th-century English school life and church debates.

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The Use and Abuse of Church Bells; With Practical Suggestions Concerning Them

The Use and Abuse of Church Bells; With Practical Suggestions Concerning Them

by Walter Blunt

About the author

Born in 1802 and died in 1868, Walter Blunt was an English writer and Church of England clergyman. Surviving catalog and library records link him most clearly with two kinds of work: early literary editing and religious writing.

He is associated with The Etonian, the famous Eton College magazine he edited with Winthrop Mackworth Praed. Although Praed is usually seen as its leading literary force, Blunt's name remains attached to the publication in library and archive records, which helps place him in the lively world of early 19th-century schoolboy journalism and wit.

Blunt is also known for The Use and Abuse of Church Bells; With Practical Suggestions Concerning Them, a nonfiction work that reflects his clerical interests and the practical concerns of parish life. Reliable public sources found here did not provide a confirmed portrait image, so none is included.