Joseph Francis Thrupp (1827–1867) was an English churchman and academic, known as a writer on the Psalms, and composer of a setting of the hymn Brightest and Best.
He was the only son of Joseph William Thrupp, a solicitor, of 50 Upper Brook Street, and Merrow House, Guildford, and was born on 20 May 1827.
[1] Frederick Thrupp was his uncle, they were all members of a notable Grosvenor Square coachbuilding family.
He is commemorated by a window in Trinity College chapel and another in Barrington church, both presented by his widow.
[3] Thrupp published:[3] He contributed to the Speaker's Commentary and to William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible.