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Rider, George Thomas

educator, journalist, author, was born Feb. 21, 1829, in Rice City, R. I. In 1860 he removed to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he conducted the Cottage Hill seminary for young ladies till 1874. He is on the editorial staff of the New York Churchman. He has published Plain Music for the Book of Common Prayer; Lyra Anglicana, or a Hymnal of Sacred Poetry, selected from the Best English Writers, and arranged after the Order of the Apostles' Creed; and Lyra Americana, or Verses of Praise and Faith from American Poets.