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Walter Blunt
1802–1868
An English clergyman and writer remembered for practical, thoughtful works on church life, he also helped launch The Etonian while still very young. His surviving books show a strong interest in parish customs, especially the use of church bells.
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About the author
Walter Blunt (1802–1868) was an English priest and author. Early in life he was associated with The Etonian, a school magazine linked with Eton College, where he is credited as an editor alongside Winthrop Mackworth Praed.
He is best known as the author of The Use and Abuse of Church Bells; With Practical Suggestions Concerning Them (1846). In that book he wrote as "a priest of the English Church," and his subject reflects the practical concerns of a working clergyman interested in parish life and everyday religious practice.
Available records also place him in Hampshire, where he was born in 1802 and died in 1868. While detailed biographical information is limited, the works that survive suggest a writer whose interests were grounded in the customs, responsibilities, and lived experience of the Church of England.