William John Blew (13 April 1808 – 27 December 1894) was a translator and hymnist.
He was educated with John Henry Newman at Great Ealing School.
and Aeschylus (Agamemnon the King), and works in the Book of Common Prayer, including a paraphrase on a translation of the same in Latin, he edited the Breviarium Aberdonense 1854; and published a pamphlet on Hymns and Hymn Books, 1858; and (with Dr. H.J.
Particularly well-known is "A Shameful Death He Dies" to the tune "Troyte's Chant".
[3][4] Blew also translated the Altar Service of the Church of England of 1548 into English.