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7 unusual facts about Reginald Heber


Amer, India

The picturesque situation of Amer at the mouth of a rocky mountain gorge, in which nestles a lovely lake, has attracted the admiration of travellers, including Victor Jacquemont and Reginald Heber.

Bishop Heber College

It was renamed after Reginald Heber, the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, who came to Tiruchirappalli in 1826 and died on his way to Travancore.

Gustav Stolpe

Gustav Stolpe is most frequently remembered as the composer of When Through the Torn Sail which was written with lyricist, Reginald Heber.

Heber

Reginald Heber, Anglican bishop, missionary to India, and author

Reginald Macaulay

His forenames appear to have been given after Bishop Reginald Heber (1783-1826), also an earlier rector of Hodnet.

St. Mary's Church, Pune

The foundations of the building were laid by Bishop Reginald Heber, the Bishop of Calcutta, in 1825.

Tomb of Safdarjung

Reginald Heber, who was Bishop of Calcutta between 1823 and 1826, based on the light brown colour of the stone used, had observed that the tomb has the “colour of potted meat”.



see also

Lou Frost

In 1975, Frost was honored by the National Legal Aid & Defender Association with their distinguished Reginald Heber Smith Award.