Jan­u­a­ry 30, 1813, Wode­house Place, Fal­mouth, Corn­wall (a mi­nor­ity num­ber of re­cords give a birth date of Jan­u­a­ry 20).

Ap­ril 24, 1875, Ply­mouth, De­von­shire, Eng­land.

Son of a Quak­er, Tre­gelles was ed­u­cat­ed at the Fal­mouth Gram­mar School. From 1833 to 1844, he worked in the Neath Ab­bey Iron Works. In 1836, he be­came a pri­vate tutor in Fal­mouth. His deep in­ter­est in Bib­li­cal stu­dies de­vel­oped in­to a de­sire to pro­duce the most per­fect version of the Greek Test­a­ment it was pos­si­ble to pub­lish. The first spe­ci­mens of his work were pub­lished in 1838, and the first in­stall­ments for pub­lic use ap­peared in 1844; the pro­ject was ham­pered by at­tacks of pa­ral­y­sis in 1861 and 1870, and Tregelles was eventually compelled to accept help. The work ap­peared as a whole in 1879.

Tre­gelles’ hymn writ­ing ap­par­ent­ly be­gan be­fore 1837, and ex­tended to 1861 or lat­er. His ear­li­est hymns were pub­lished in the Ply­mouth Breth­ren’s Hymns for the Poor of the Flock, 1838.

• Julian, p. 1184

1. Father, We Thy Child­ren Bless Thee
2. Gloomy Night Will Soon Be Past, The
3. Holy Sav­ior, We Adore Thee
4. Lord Je­sus, We Believing
5. O God of Grace, Our Fa­ther,
6. O Look Not on the Cross of Christ
7. Gloomy Night Will Soon Be Past, The
8. Thou God of Grace, Our Fa­ther
9. Thou, Lord of All, on Earth Hast Dwelt
10. Thou, O God, Thy Love Com­mend­est
11. Thy Brok­en Bo­dy, Gra­cious Lord
12. Thy Name Alone, O Lord, We Own
13. ’Tis Sweet, O God, Thy Praise to Sing
14. ’Tis Sweet to Think of Those at Rest
15. ’Twas the Ho­ly Ghost Who Taught Us