Biography of Allen W. Chatfield

Allen W. Chatfield  -  Anglican vicar in Herefordshire

Chatfield was ed­u­cat­ed at Char­ter­house School and Trin­i­ty Coll­ege, Cam­bridge, where he was Bell’s Un­i­ver­si­ty Schol­ar and Mem­bers’ Prize­man. He grad­u­at­ed in 1831, win­ning a first class in class­ic­al hon­ors. Tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders in 1832, he served as Vi­car of Stot­field, Bed­ford­shire (1833-1847) and Vi­car of Much-Marcle, Her­e­ford­shire (1847-?).

Chatfield is most remembered for his Songs and Hymns of the Earliest Greek Christian Poets, which included the English translation of the hymn, "Lord Jesus, Think on Me" (translated from Greek to English).