| Downton, Henry |
b Pulverbatch, SW of Shrewsbury, Shrops 1818, d Hopton, Suffolk 1885. Trinity Coll Cambridge (BA/MA); ordained (CofE) 1843. He was Curate of Bembridge, IoW, and Holy Trinity Cambridge, then from 1849… |
| Bourgeois Louis |
(with many varied spellings), b Paris c1500–15, d ?Paris c1559–61. Went with Calvin to Geneva in 1541 as Cantor of two churches, where the first clear reference to him appears in the City Council… |
| Barnes, Gerald Linton |
b Hampstead, N London, 1935. A church organist, who was briefly at Tetherdown Congregational Ch (now URC), Muswell Hill, 1955–56. FRCO, GRSM, ARCM (London); now living in Finchley, N London. He… |
| Taylor, Geoff |
Mr Geoff Taylor was born in Newcastle on Tyne on 20th April 1955. He attended Heaton Grammar School, Doncaster College of Education and the University or York gaining a Certificate of Education and an… |
| Mohr, Joseph Franz |
b Salzburg, Austria 1792, d Wagrein, Austria 1848. Brought up by foster parents including an RC priest, he sang as a choirboy in Salzburg Cathedral. He went on to be ordained (RC) in 1815 and… |
| Elgar, Edward William |
b Lower Broadheath nr Worcester 1857, d Worcester 1934. Born into a musical family (‘A stream of music flowed through our house’—EWE), he soon learned to play the piano, organ, cello, double… |
| Crothers, John |
b Belfast, N Ireland 1948. Belfast Royal Academy; Queen’s Univ Belfast; Univ of Ulster, Coleraine. MA, Dip Ed, DASE, CELTA, Cert L Fr (Paris IV, Sorbonne). Church organist since early 1970s. Teaches… |
| Bilbrough, Dave |
b London 1955. He grew up in Romford, Essex, where he still lives. At the age of 14 he accepted an invitation to attend church. He valued the questions posed by some of Paul Simon’s songs, and even… |
| Sears, Edmund Hamilton |
b Sandisfield, Mass, USA 1810, d Weston, Mass 1876. Union Coll Schenectady, NY and Harvard Univ Divinity Sch. He was ordained as a Unitarian minister but (not uniquely in that persuasion) claimed to… |
| 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… |
| Young, John Freeman |
b Pittston, Maine, USA 1820, d New York 1885. Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, Connecticut. He then joined the Protestant Episcopal (Anglican) Church, training at the Virginia Theological Seminary at… |
| Webbe, Samuel W |
the elder (snr), b ?London 1740, d London 1816. He had little formal education; apprenticed to a cabinet maker at 11, he left that trade after his 7-year duty, to study languages and become a ms… |
| Crüger, Johann |
b Gross-Briesen (Breesen), nr Guben, Brandenburg, Prussia (Germany) 1598, d Berlin 1662. Schools in Guben, Sorau and Breslau; then the Jesuit Coll, Olmutz; the Poets’ Sch, Regensburg. After travels… |
| Slater, Gordon Archbold |
b Harrogate, Yorks 1896, d Leicester 1979. Educated privately before studying music at York Minster under Dr Edward Bairstow, 1914–16; from there he went to be Organist at St Botolph’s Boston,… |
| Holland, Henry Scott |
b Underdown, Ledbury, Herefords 1847, d Oxford 1918. Eton Coll; Balliol Coll Oxford (BA, MA); subsequently Senr Student and Tutor of Christ Ch, 1870–84. Ordained (CofE) 1872; Select Preacher to… |
| Brown, Arthur Henry |
b Brentwood, Essex 1830, d Brentwood 1926. Starting to play the organ from the age of 10, he was organist of Brentwood Parish Ch from 1842 (aged 12) to 1853, then moving to Romford for 5 years before… |
| Steggall, Charles |
b London 1826, d Lambeth, London 1905. RAM 1847–51, organist at Christ Ch, Maida Hill. DMus (Camb) 1851; the RAM’s first (and chief) Prof of organ, a post he held for 50 years. As co-founder of… |
| Edwards, Howard M III (Rusty) |
b Dixon, Illinois, USA 1955. Interlochen Arts Academy and Univ of Nebraska. Teacher at St Boniface, Elgin, Nebraska. Luther Northwestern Seminary (MDiv); Graduate Theological Foundation, Notre Dame,… |
| Grant, Robert |
b Bengal, India 1779, d Dalpoorie, W India 1838. Coming to England in 1790, after further schooling he entered Magdalene Coll Cambridge (classics), where together with his brother Charles (later… |
| Courteville, Raphael (or Ralph) |
b London c1675–76, d 1735. A Chapel Royal chorister who in 1691, aged 15, became a notable organist, and the first, of St James’ Westminster (Piccadilly). It was thought at one time that he served… |
| Mayor, Roger |
b Cheshire 1951. He studied at Wrekin Coll; Stony Brook Sch New York; Goldsmiths’ Coll and Trent Park (London Univ); and Capernwray Bible Coll in Lancs. An associate of Jubilate Hymns whose tunes… |
| Nyberg, Anders |
b Sweden 1955 (not in Praise! index). A Swedish choral conductor, arranger and publisher whose name is not included in Praise!, though he is credited with collecting and translating stz 1 of 891. He… |
| 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… |
| Purcell, Henry |
b Westminster, London (Middx) 1659, d Westminster 1695. One of a musical family active through 4 generations; the most notable being Henry who at the age of 6 joined the choir of the Chapel Royal… |
| Leeson, Jane Elizabeth (Eliza) |
b London 1809, d Leamington, Warwicks 1881 (Julian New Suppt gave 1807–1882). She lived in London and is known for writing several books of hymns, mainly for children. At some point she left the… |
| Fawcett, John (C) |
b Wennington, nr Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancs 1789, d Bolton, Lancs 1867. A shoemaker by trade, he was musically self-taught and eventually able to leave his business to become a psalmodist and professional… |
| Gruber, Franz Xaver |
b Unterweizburg, nr Hochburg, Upper Austria 1787, d Hallein, nr Salzburg 1863. As a boy he worked at the loom with his family of weavers. His parents were unwilling for him to develop his musical… |
| Byrne, Mary Elizabeth |
(Maire ni Bhroin), b Dublin 1880, d Dublin 1931. The Dominican Convent Sch, Eccles St, Dublin, and the Univ of Ireland (MA, 1st cl); she worked as an examiner and researcher in Irish for the Board of… |
| Waring, Anna Laetitia |
b Plas-y-Velin, Neath, Glam (Neath) 1823, d Clifton, Bristol 1910. After an upbringing within the Society of Friends, and for a while attending Bethany Baptist Ch in Cardiff, she joined the CofE at… |
| Winslow, John Copley (Jack) |
b Hanworth, Middx 1882, d Godalming, Surrey 1974. Eton Coll; Balliol Coll Oxford (BA/MA, classics). He trained at Wells Theol Coll, and after ordination (in 1906, CofE) and a curacy at Wimbledon, he… |
