Folliott Sandford Pierpoint

Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (7 October 1835 – 10 March 1917) was a hymnodist and poet.

Born at Spa Villa, Bath, England, he was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge.

He taught at Somersetshire College, spending most of his life in Bath and the south-west.

He also contributed hymns to "The Churchman's Companion", "The Lyra Eucharistica", and others.

His most famous hymn is For the Beauty of the Earth which he wrote in 1864 at age 29.