| Fullerton, William Young |
b Belfast, N Ireland 1857, d Bedford Park, Middx 1932. Raised in a northern Irish Presbyterian home, he spent most of his adult life as a Baptist in England. At the age of 17 his desire to speak for… |
| Williams, Isaac |
b Cwmcynfelyn, Cardigan 1802, d Stinchcombe, nr Dursley, Glos 1865. A writer of verse from the age of 12; Harrow Sch; Trinity Coll Oxford (becoming a Fellow in 1829). Ordained (CofE) 1825, to a curacy… |
| Oakeley, Herbert Stanley |
b Ealing, W London (Middx) 1830, d Eastbourne, Sussex 1903. His musical gifts were evident from the age of 4 and he began to compose at 9. From Rugby Sch and Christ Church Oxford (BA, MA); he went on… |
| Sankey, Ira David |
b Edinburgh, W Penns, USA 1840, d Brooklyn, New York, USA 1908. Growing up near the Mahoning River, he joined in the family’s farm work at Western Reserve Harbour from the age of 6. He was converted… |
| Fudge, Roland |
b Bristol 1947. Bristol Univ (BMus with Theology, 1968); RAM 1968–71 (ARCM). He began composing at 15; from 1970 to 1975 he played in the Sartori String Quartet based in London, Sussex Univ, then… |
| Flook, Harold |
b Willesden, NW London 1909, d S Cornwall 2001. Brought up at Willesden Green Baptist Ch, he attended University College Sch in Hampstead from 1920, and the Univ of London (BSc Chemistry). After… |
| Bancroft, Henry Hugh |
b Cleethorpes, Lincs 1904, d Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 1988. After studying at Grimsby (FRCO 1925) he emigrated to Canada in 1929 as Organist and Choirmaster of St Matthew’s Anglican Ch in Winnipeg;… |
| Churchill, Wendy |
b Broxton, Cheshire 1957. Moving house several times as her father was a Methodist minister, she began to write songs at the age of 10, and attended Roundhay High Sch W Yorks; Plympton Grammar Sch,… |
| Gibbons, Orlando |
b Oxford 1583, d Canterbury, Kent 1625. The youngest and most gifted of 4 musical brothers, at King’s Coll Cambridge he was a choirboy from 1596 and a student from 1599, and at 21 organist of the… |
| Philip, William |
Rev, Dr William James Unwin Philip, MB ChB, MRCP, BD was born in Edinburgh in 1967. His father, James Philip, was minister of Holyrood Abbey Church. Through university and subsequent years working in… |
| Byrom, John |
b Kersall (Kersal), nr Manchester, Feb 1691/92, d Manchester 1763. Merchant Taylor’s Sch, N London, and Trinity Coll Cambridge (BA/MA), of which he became a Fellow in 1714. In 1719 he studied… |
| Matson, William Tidd |
b W Hackney, London 1833, d Portsea, Hants 1899. Named after his godfather, the leading QC Wm Tidd, he was educated privately under the Rev J M Gould, then at St John’s Coll Cambridge and the… |
| Handel, George Frideric |
(originally Händel or Haendel), b Halle, Germany 1685, d Hanover Sq, London, Good Friday 1759. A youthful violinist at Hamburg, at first against his father’s wishes, he moved to Italy at 21 gaining… |
| Kirkpatrick, William James |
b Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA 1838, d Germantown, Penns 1921. Learned music first from his father and then from other teachers. A lifelong Methodist, he had varied careers as a fife major during the… |
| Weber, Carl (Karl) Maria Friedrich Ernst von |
b Eutin, nr Lübeck, N Germany 1786, d London 1826. Taught first by his erratic but gifted father, from 1798 he became a Salzburg Cathedral chorister and pupil of Michael Haydn. But after a series of… |
| Ambrose of Milan |
b at or nr Treves (Trier, Germany) c339–340, d Milan, Italy 397. Son of the Praetorian Prefect of Gallia Narbonensis, Gaul, he trained and practised as a lawyer before being made Governor of… |
| Deale, Edgar Martin |
b Dublin 1902, d 1999. A lover of good music, he said, ‘even from my cradle’; he sang in the Christ Ch Cathedral choir and attended the Cathedral Grammar Sch, enjoying both sport and all kinds of… |
| Black, Brian |
b Hornsby, nr Sydney, NSW, Australia 1926. He took the Australian matriculation exam in 1952 and studied at Moore Theological Coll, Sydney, 1953–56; ordained (Anglican) 1953. After a curacy at Seven… |
| Habershon, Ada |
Ada Habershon was born on January 8, 1861, at St. Marylebone, London, England.
She was the youngest daughter of Doctor Samuel Osborne Habershon and Grace Habershon. She was brought up in a Christian… |
| Clephane, Elizabeth |
[given in error as ‘Edith’ in the Praise! index only] Cecilia Douglas, b Edinburgh 1830, d Bridgend House nr Melrose, Roxburgh 1869. Nicknamed ‘Sunbeam’ from her early years and later… |
| Haighton, Michael |
b Nantwich, Ches 1952. Boarding sch until his 17th year, followed by Danebank Further Education Coll in Crewe and then ministerial training at Cliff Coll. Michael is a Free Church minister who has… |
| Shrubsole, William |
b Canterbury, Kent 1759, d London 1806. A chorister at Canterbury Cathedral 1775–82, he then became organist of Bangor Cathedral but was dismissed a year later because of his Free Church… |
| Borthwick, Jane Laurie |
b Edinburgh, Scotland 1813, d Edinburgh 1897. A member of the Free Ch of Scotland and known for her unassuming gentleness, she was encouraged by her father (James, an insurance office manager) to… |
| Cosin, John |
b Norwich 1594 or 1596, d Westminster, London 1671/2. Norwich Free Sch; Caius Coll Cambridge; ordained to serve in various parishes before becoming a Canon of Durham in 1625 and Rector of nearby… |
| Williams, Peter |
b Llansadyrnin (Llansadurnin), nr St Clears, Carmarthen 1721/22, d Llandyfeilog (Llandyfaelog), nr Kidwelly, Carmarthen 1796. Carmarthen Grammar Sch, Carmarthen Coll. Warned by a tutor against the… |
| Twells, Henry |
b Ashte(a)d, nr Birmingham, Warwicks 1823, d Bournemouth, Dorset 1900. School in Birmingham; St Peter’s Coll Cambridge (BA 1848). Ordained in 1849, he was Curate of Gt Berkhamsted 1849–51 and then… |
| Francis, Benjamin |
b nr Pen-y-Gelli, nr Newcastle Emlyn, Dyfed (Carmarthens) 1734, d Horsley, nr Stroud, Glos 1799. He grew up in Swansea and was baptized there at the age of 15. At 19 he began to preach and went on to… |
| Foley, William Brian |
b Waterloo, Liverpool 1919; d 2000. St Mary’s Irish Christian Brothers Sch, Crosby, and Upholland Coll nr Wigan; ordained (RC Church) 1945. Served parishes in Liverpool, Bootle, Birkdale and (from… |
| Saward, Michael John |
b Blackheath, SE London 1932; d Switzerland 2015. Eltham Coll; Bristol Univ and Tyndale Hall Bristol (BA); ordained 1956. He ministered in Croydon, Edgware and Liverpool before becoming the C of E’s… |
| Clayton, Norman John |
b Brooklyn, NY, USA 1903, d 1992. A Baptist who learned the organ (from the age of a 12, a pump-organ) and played in churches for over 50 years. His first church was S Brooklyn Gospel Ch where he also… |
