| Alexander, Cecil Frances |
b Eccles St, Dublin 1818; d Derry (Londonderry), N Ireland 1895. Born C F Humphreys, given 2 family names (the first given in some reference books as âCeciliaâ, an understandable error) but always… |
| Turl, Margaret Emma |
b Shrewsbury 1946. Stamford High Sch (Lincs) and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (MA English and Cert Ed). Born into a literary household, she loved poetry from childhood, and was converted aged 13 at a… |
| Collyer, William Bengo |
(originally âBengowâ), b Deptford, Kent (SE London) 1782, d Chislehurst, Kent 1854. Educated at Homerton Coll. At the age of 18 he began preaching at the Congregational Chapel on the corner of… |
| Jude, William Herbert |
b Westleton, nr Aldeburgh, Suffolk 1851, d Willesden, Middx 1922. During early years at Wisbech Grammar Sch, Cambs, he wrote incidental music from the age of 8 onwards for school productions of… |
| Holst, Gustavus Theodore (von Holst) |
b Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 1874, d Ealing, Middlesex 1934. Son of a Swedish father and church organist (whose own composer father had come to England in 1807) and an English (pianist) mother, after… |
| Woodward, George Ratcliffe |
b Birkenhead, Ches (Merseyside) 1848, d Highgate, N London 1934. Harrow Sch and Gonville and Caius Coll Cambridge (BA 1872, MA). Ordained in 1874, he was twice curate at the âadvancedâ… |
| Bayly, Albert Frederick |
b Bexhill, E Sussex 1901, d Chichester, W Sussex 1984. He was received into membership of the local Congregational Church at 13; attended Hastings Grammar Sch but left early to train as a shipwright… |
| Neumark, Georg Christian |
b Langensalza, Thuringia, Germany 1621, d Weimar, Germany 1681. Educated at the Gymnasia of Schleusingen and Gotha. In autumn 1641, aged 20, he was travelling with a group of merchants to Leipzig (for… |
| Rolinson, Christopher Philip |
b Walsall, Staffs (now W Midlands) 1958. Queen Mary Grammar Sch, Walsall, where he began serious composing in 1974; Univ of Birmingham (BMus 1979, Cert Ed). He worked with British Youth for Christ,… |
| Macdonald, Donald M |
b Borrobol, Kinbrace, Strath of Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland, 1944. Golspie Senr Secondary Sch; Edinburgh Univ (MB, ChB 1967, FRCS 1972). After beginning as a trainee surgeon in Edinburgh 1967â73,… |
| Hoare, Brian Richard |
b Upminster, Essex 1935. Southwell Minster Grammar Sch and Westminster Coll, London 1956â59 (BD and Teacherâs Cert). First a teacher in Calverton, Notts 1959â62, he then worked as Travelling Sec… |
| Petersson (Pjétursson), HallgrÏmur (Hallgrim) |
b Gröf, nr HĂłlar, Iceland 1614, d Sourby, Iceland 1674. The son of a farmer and cathedral bellringer, expelled from the attached school for his satirical verse and sharp tongue. He was sent (or ran… |
| Eddison, Robert John Buchanan |
b Derbyshire 1916, d Lingfield, Surrey 2011. Wellington Coll, Trinity Coll Cambridge (MA, History) and Ridley Hall Cambridge; ordained (CofE) 1939. After a curacy at Tunbridge Wells he was a… |
| Beddome, Benjamin |
b Henley-in-Arden, Warwicks Jan 1716/17, d Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucs 1795. He was originally apprenticed to a surgeon, but moved first to London and after attending the Baptist Ch in Prescot(t) St,… |
| Webster, Donald |
b Leeds 1926, d York 2002. A boy chorister at the notable Parish Church of Leeds, he trained as a teacher and after some years as a schoolmaster he went on to become a polytechnic lecturer. Musical… |
| Baker, Henry Williams |
b Vauxhall, S London, 1821; d Monkland, Herefs 1877. The eldest son of an Admiral and Baronet; Trinity Coll Camb (BA, MA), ordained (CofE) 1844. After a curacy at Great Horkesley nr Colchester, Essex,… |
| Bickersteth, Edward Henry |
b Islington, N London (Middx) 1825, d Paddington, W London (Middx) 1906. Trinity Coll Cambridge (BA 1847, MA). One of a long and continuing dynasty of mainly Anglican (and clerical) Bickersteths, his… |
| Wren, Brian |
b Romford, Essex 1936. Romford Liberty Grammar Sch; New Coll Oxford (BA Mod Langs 1960); Mansfield Coll Oxford 1960â62, followed by research on OT prophets (PhD 1968). He was ordained in 1965 to the… |
| Flint, Annie Johnson |
b Vineland, NJ, USA, 1866, d Clifton Springs, New York, USA 1932. Born to Eldon and Mrs Johnson who both died before Annie was 6. Adopted with her sister by the Flint family, she was writing verse by… |
| Wigmore, Paul |
b Clapton, E London 1925. d May 16th, 2014. At schools in Middx, Herts and Barnstaple, Devon. After a series of brief jobs including a mechanical engineering apprenticeship cut short by injury and… |
| Patrick |
b ?Ailclyde, now Dumbarton c370 (or the village of Bannaven), d Saul, Co Down, Ireland c461. Born to a Romano-British family, at 16 he was enslaved and taken to Ireland by raiders. In Co Antrim and/or… |
| Havergal, William Henry |
b Chipping Wycombe, Bucks 1793, d Leamington, Warwicks 1870. Merchant Taylorâs Sch, London; St Edmund Hall Oxford (BA, MA); ordained (CofE) 1816. He served curacies in Bristol and Coaley (Glos);… |
| Redman, Matt |
b Watford, Herts 1974. Brought up from the age of 2 to attend St Andrewâs Church (CofE), Chorleywood, Herts, he learned there to value varied styles of Christian music. His Christian faith became… |
| Baughen, Michael Alfred |
b Borehamwood, Herts 1930. Bromley County Grammar Sch, Kent and (after brief spells at Martinâs Bank) Oak Hill Theol Coll (BD London). Ordained (CofE) 1956; curacies at Nottingham and Reigate… |
| Fawcett, John (A) |
b Lidget Green nr Bradford, Yorks Jan 1739/40, d Hebden Bridge, Halifax, Yorks 1817. His father died when John was 4, leaving his mother to bring up a large and very poor family. He learned to read… |
| Stevens, John |
b Aldwincle, nr Kettering, Northants 1776, d ?London 1847. After a Northants boyhood, he travelled to London when he was about 16, joining the Baptist Ch at Grafton St, Soho. The pastor there was… |
| Cotterill, Thomas |
b Cannock, Staffs 1779, d Sheffield, Yorks 1823. The Free School, Birmingham, and St Johnâs Coll Cambridge (BA 1801); elected a Fellow, then ordained (CofE) 1803. After serving a curacy at Tutbury,… |
| Briggs, George Wallace |
b Kirkby, Notts 1875, d Hindhead, Surrey 1959. Emmanuel Coll Cambridge (BA in Classics, 1897); following ordination in 1899 he was a curate in Wakefield, a Royal Naval chaplain from 1902â09… |
| Addison, Joseph |
b Milston, nr Amesbury, Wilts 1672, d Kensington, Middx (W London) 1719. Charterhouse Sch; Queenâs and Magdalen Coll Oxford (BA/MA, later Fellow of Magdalen). He was a classical scholar whose Lat… |
| Gaunt, Alan |
b Manchester 1935. Silcoates Sch, Lancashire Independent Coll, and Manchester Univ. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry 1958, later the United Reformed Church; his 42 years of pastoral… |
