1828-1873 GB, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Thomas Joseph Potter (1828–1873) was a British priest, educator and writer of hymns.Potter was born on 9 June 1828 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. In 1847 he became a Roman Catholic and became a priest. He was Professor of Pulpit Eloquence and English Literature at All Hallows College, Dublin. He published several books on preaching, some stories and various hymns and translations such as a translation of the Vesper hymns.He died on 31 August 1873 in Dublin, Ireland.