1791 - 1853 Person Name: Casper J. Boye Author of "Stay with us, Lord, the day is dying" in The Concordia Hymnal Caspar Johannes Boye was born in Kongsberg, Norway in 1791. He studied both law and theology at the University of Copenhagen, became a teacher and later served as rector in Søllerød, Helsingørand and Copenhagen. He died in 1853.
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