Background
Austen was born in London, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music.
Austen was born in London, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music.
Royal Academy of Music.
She was a church organist for most of her active career, from 1844 to 1848 at Ealing Church, and from 1848 to 1857 at Paddington Chapel. She composed various hymns, of which one, "Saint Agnes", was published in Charles Steggall"s Church Psalmody (1849). She died in Glasgow.