David Wilson (Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin) explained

David Frederick Ruddell Wilson (1871–1957) was an Irish^[1] Anglican priest ^[2] and hymnist.^[3] He was Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin in the Church of Ireland in the second quarter of the 20th century.^[4]

Born into an ecclesiastical family,^[5] he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained in 1895, his first position was as a curate at St. Ann's Belfast.^[6] He was Succentor and then Precentor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin until 1914 when he became Rector of Drumcondra. He then held a similar post at Donnybrook until his elevation to the Deanery.^[7]

He died on 24 November 1957.^[8]

References

1. http://mobile.jstor.org/iPhone/BBbackend?url=http://mobile.jstor.org/iPhone/search%3fquery=iid:i30067431&ta=V.%25205,%2520N.%252017,%2520Jan.,%25201912 JSTOR
2. Handbook of British Chronology By Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E;Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP, 1996, 9780521563505
3. Web site: Oremus . 2011-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110516091637/http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/t/t104.html . 2011-05-16 . dead .
4. http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/fl/f163%7d26.htm Sir Shane Leslie Papers
5. He was the son of the Rev. James Wilson, Rector of Tyholland, Monaghan > "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007,
6. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
7. A New History of Ireland by Theodore William Moody, F. X. Martin, Francis John Byrne, Art Cosgrove: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1976
8. [Who's Who|Who was Who (ibid)]