Goode, William, an English clergyman, was born at Buckingham April 2, 1762. He was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, graduating 411 in 1784. He took orders in the Church of England in 1786. His Works, edited by his son, were published in 1822. He was the author of An Entire New Version of the Book of Psalms, London, 1811, which was somewhat widely used for a time. Most of his versions of the Psalms have fallen out of use. He is represented in this Hymnal by one doxology. He died April 15, 1816.