John Marriott (1780-1825)

English poet and clergyman, born in Cotesbach, Leicestershire, September 1780. Marriott was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He wrote several hymns, of which "Thou Whose Almighty Word" is best known, having been translated into several languages.

Scott addressed him as an intimate friend in the second canto of Marmion (1808), alluding to Marriott's store of classic and Gothic lore, to his poetic talk, and to his skill at the harp. Scott also included Marriott's literary ballads in his Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802-3). (Y. Y.)