| Hankey, Arabella Catherine (Katherine?) |
b Clapham, Surrey (S London) 1834, d Westminster 1911. Born into an evangelical Anglican banking family active in The Lordâs Day Observance Society and part of what was dubbed âthe Clapham Sectâ… |
| Latty, Geraldine |
Geraldine Latty is married to Carey Luce and lives in North London
Her musical worship journey has taken her from Australia to the Albert Hall, from street parties to cathedrals, from singing with… |
| Jenkins, David |
b Trecastle (Trecastell), nr Llandovery, Powys (Brecons), Wales 1848, d Aberystwyth, Cardigans, Wales 1915. Losing his father when he was very young, he had some basic education before he became… |
| Buck, Percy Carter |
b West Ham, Essex 1871, d Hindhead, Haslemere, Surrey 1947. Merchant Taylorsâ Sch, GSM, RCM (under CHH Parry), and Organist at Worcester Coll Oxford (1891â94); BA, MA, MusD in 1897. He was… |
| Knecht, Justin Heinrich |
b Biberach an der Riss, nr WĂŒrtemburg, Germany 1752, d Biberach 1817. At first self-taught, he later studied music under KrĂ€mer and from 1768 to 1771 at the Lutheran Coll at Esslingen am Nechar… |
| 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… |
| Getty, Keith |
Keith and Kristyn Getty are Irish singer/songwriters and recording artists. They are among the preeminent modern hymn composers of this generation. Keith wrote âIn Christ aloneâ with Stuart… |
| Shrubsole, William |
b Canterbury, Kent 1759, d London 1806. A chorister at Canterbury Cathedral 1775â82, he then became organist of Bangor Cathedral but was dismissed a year later because of his Free Church… |
| Cutts, Peter Warwick |
b Birmingham 1937. King Edwardâs Sch, Birmingham; Clare Coll Cambridge; and Mansfield Coll Oxford. He was Tutor and Music Director at Bretton Hall Coll of Education nr Wakefield, Yorks, and shared… |
| King, Andrew |
b Wroughton nr Swindon, Wilts 1961. Raised in the Gospel Standard Strict Baptist tradition in a family circle familiar with its classic hymns; converted at Caterham Baptist Ch in 1971, where he grew… |
| Robinson, Joseph Armitage |
b Keynsham, Som 1858, d Upton Noble, Shepton Mallett, Som 1933. Christâs Coll Cambridge (BA/MA); Fellow of the College 1881â1899; BD 1891, DD 1896. He was ordained (CofE) in 1881 and was briefly… |
| Ingemann, Bernhardt Severin |
b Thorkildstrup (or Tockildstrup) on the island of Falster, Denmark 1789, d SorĂž, Zealand (Sjaelland), Denmark 1862. The son of a Lutheran pastor, he fought in the defence of Copenhagen against the… |
| Grigg (aka Crigg), Joseph |
The J Grigg who âd.1768â as given in Praise! was probably Joseph Grigg, b ?1720 or 1728 [Julian favoured an earlier date], d Walthamstow, Essex 1768; but see also J Grigg in Composer index. Born… |
| Scott, Martin |
Martin was born in Motherwell in 1954. He attended Dalziel High School, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Jordanhill College of Education, International Baptist Seminary, RĂŒschlikon,… |
| Berthier, (Jean) Jacques |
b Auxerre, Burgundy, France 1923, d Paris 1994. As the Organist of St Ignatiusâ Ch, Paris, which became a leading centre of French liturgical renewal, he was a prolific composer. But he has become… |
| Tate, Nahum |
(formerly TEATE), b Dublin 1652, d Southwark, London 1715. Trinity Coll Dublin. When he reported a revolutionary plot to the authorities, his Dublin home was burned down and 3 of his children were… |
| Miles, Gary Lewis |
b Enid, Oklahoma, USA 1947, d USA ?1990s. Univ of Houston, Texas (BA Mus 1970) and in the UK the GSM (post-grad diploma in singing). A member of the Community of Celebration formerly led by Graham and… |
| Cameron, William |
b Lochaber, nr Ballater, Aberdeenshire 1751, d Kirknewton, nr Livingston, W Lothian (Midlothian) 1811. A farmerâs son from the parish of Glenmuick, he graduated from Marischal Coll in the Univ of… |
| Rhodes, Benjamin |
b Mexborough, S Yorks 1743, d Margate, Kent 1815. Educated partly by his schoolteacher father, he was moved by George Whitefieldâs preaching when only 11. By 1766 he had become a Methodist lay… |
| Hullah, John Pyke |
b Worcester 1812, d Westminster, London (Middx) 1884. Studying music in London under Wm Horsley (qv), he composed the music for the opera Village Coquettes, the text of which came from the pen of… |
| Gardiner, William |
b Leicester 1769 [sic], d Leicester 1853. From his youth he entered and continued the family business as a stocking manufacturer (cf Wm Matthews, and authors Gadsby and H K White), and was also an… |
| Novello, Vincent |
b St Marylebone, London (Middx) 1781, d Nice, France 1861. The son of a Piedmontese pastrycook who settled in London with his English wife and wanted the best possible education for their children. He… |
| Croly, George |
b Dublin 1780, d Holborn, C London 1860. Trinity Coll Dublin (MA, LL.D); he was ordained and served in Ireland until 1810 when he moved to London to concentrate on literary work, and where he edited… |
| Pestel(l), Thomas |
b ?Leicester 1584/5, d Leicester 1667 (1659?). Queenâs Coll Cambridge; he was then ordained and became Rector of Packington, nr Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics, until handing over to his son, with whom… |
| Schicht, Johann Gottfried |
b Reichenau (now Bogatynia), nr Zittau, Saxony (Poland) 1753, d Leipzig, Germany 1823. Brought up by an uncle, he was taught to play the keyboard by Johann Trier, studying the organ and piano but… |
| Union Tune Book (1842) |
Originally co-edited by Thomas Clark (1775â1859), this was âa selection of tunes and chants, suitable for use in congregations and Sunday Schoolsâ, published in 1837 in London by The Sunday… |
| Barton, Bernard |
b Middlesex 1784, d Woodbridge, Suffolk 1849. (His birthplace has sometimes been given as Carlisle, but that seems to be a mistake.) In any event the family, members of the Society of Friends, moved… |
| Daniels, John |
b Cowplain, nr Portsmouth, Hants 1951. After schooling at Churcherâs Coll, Petersfield, he worked for 2 engineering companies (ONC, Business Studies) until moving into full time Christian music in… |
| Caswall, Edward |
b Yateley, Hants 1814, d Edgbaston (nr Birmingham), Warwicks 1878. 4th son of the Vicar of Yateley; Chigwell Grammar Sch, Essex; Marlborough Coll, Wilts; Brasenose Coll Oxford (BA 1836, MA). As a… |
| Gaunt, Howard Charles Adie |
b Edgbaston, Birmingham 1902, d Winchester, Hants 1983. Tonbridge Sch; Kingâs Coll Cambridge (BA 1925, MA). He played hockey and tennis for Cambridge and cricket for Warwicks; became asst master at… |
