Born: September 14, 1804, Devonport, Devon, England.
Died: June 27, 1869, Wembdon, Bridgwater, Somerset, England.
Buried: Wembdon Road Cemetery, Bridgwater, Somerset, England.
Trend was educated at the University of Giessen, Germany. Initially, he served as minister of the Bridgwater Baptist Church in Somerset, resigning in 1853. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1854, and was for some time Minister of the Donative of Durleigh, Somerset.
He contributed several translations from the Latin, and original hymns, to a hymnal by his son, John B. Trend, and other collections.
The University of Giessen awarded him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Literature by in 1860.
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