| Hupton, Job |
b Staffordshire 1762, d Claxton, nr Norwich, Norfolk 1849. As a youth with only basic education he worked at the local blacksmithâs forge and was converted through the ministry of John Bradford, one… |
| Bonar, Catherine J |
Short Name: Mrs. Catherine J. Bonar
Full Name: Bonar, Catherine J. Mrs., 1821-1884
Birth Year: 1821
Death Year: 1884
Bonar, Jane Catharine, nĂ©e Lundie, daughter of the Rev. Robert Lundie, some… |
| Milman, Henry Hart |
b St Jamesâs, Middx (London), 1791, d Sunninghill nr Ascot, Berks 1868. Dr Burneyâs Academy at Greenwich; Eton Coll; Brasenose Coll Oxford, later a Fellow. While a student his many honours… |
| Milgrove, Benjamin |
b Bath, Som 1731, d Bath 1810. A seller of toys and fancy goods at Bond St, Bath; his profession was given as a âtoymanâ. By the mid-18th c he was also Precentor and Organist at Bath, at the… |
| Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jacob Ludwig Felix |
b Hamburg, Germany 1809, d Leipzig 1847, Grandson of a philosopher (Moses M) and son of a banker who converted from Judaism to Lutheran Christianity (hence the compound surname), befriended by Goethe.… |
| Palmer, Florence Mary Spencer (Peggy) |
b Thornbury, Glos 1900, d Bristol 1987. She attended the Tobias Mathay Piano Sch, London, studying under Vivian Langrish (piano), B J Dale and Sir Ivor Atkins (composition); LRAM. Following other… |
| Hine, Stuart Wesley Keene (or Keane) |
b London 1899, d Somerset 1989. Educated at the Coopersâ Company School at Bow, E London. After a brief wartime spell in the army he was ordained to the Methodist ministry, and with his wife served… |
| Ouseley, Frederick Arthur Gore |
b Westminster, London (Middx) 1825, d Hereford 1889. The musical infant prodigy son (beginning to compose at the age of 3) of an ambassador and baronet. Educated first at home, he then had tuition… |
| Matthews, Timothy Richard |
b Colmworth Rectory, Beds 1826, d Tetney, Louth, Lincs 1910. Bedford Grammar Sch and Gonville and Caius Coll Cambridge; studied music under the composer G J Elvey qv, ordained in the CofE. He was a… |
| MacGregor, Malcolm |
Birmingham Coll of Art and Design, where he was converted 1971. After working as an Art teacher in special hospitals for handicapped and mentally ill patients in Devon and C Durham, from 1977 to 1993… |
| Spafford, Horatio Gates |
b North Troy, NY, USA 1828, d Jerusalem 1888. After growing up in New York he moved to Chicago where he established a successful law practice. He belonged to the Presbyterian Ch, supported the early… |
| Palmer, Ray |
b Little Compton, Rhode Is, USA 1808, d Newark, NJ, USA 1887. After a short period in business, at work in a Boston dry goods store, he studied at Phillips Academy, Andover and Yale Univ while also… |
| Cowen, David |
b.1945 into a run-down area of Liverpool, where he lived until his family was transferred to a council house in Kirkby in 1953. Here he attended the newly-formed Baptist church, and in 1963 gained… |
| Sammis, John Henry |
b Brooklyn, New York, USA 1846, d Los Angeles, Calif 1919. He moved from New York to Logansport, Indiana, when he was 23, to work in a business which he later relinquished to serve with the YMCA.… |
| Schlegel, Catharina Amalia Dorothea von |
b Germany 1697, d 17â?. Much about her life is unknown; she lived at Cöthen and appears to have been a significant spiritual leader in days of revival, But while one tradition (as in Julian) says… |
| Horder, Mervyn |
b 1910, d London 1997. Like H H Milman (see Authorsâ index) he was the son of a royal physicianâin this case Sir Thomas (the first Lord) Horder, who numbered Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones among his… |
| Bowater, Chris |
b Birmingham 1947. Waverley Grammar Sch, Birmingham and RCM, London (BMus 1968, GRSM, LRAM, ARCM, DipEd, PGCE 1969). He became a Christian through âYouth for Christâ in Birmingham, 1955, and… |
| Payne, Ernest Alexander |
b Hackney, NE London 1902, d Camden, N London 1980. Kingâs Coll, London; Regents Park Coll, London; Mansfield Coll Oxford. Ordained to the Baptist ministry, he served at Bugbrooke Baptist Ch nr… |
| Twigg, Geoffrey |
Geoff Twigg was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, in 1951 and died in Silverdale, Pennsylvania on October 27th 2018.
He studied at London University's Goldsmith's College in South East London, and… |
| Cousin, Anne Ross |
(nĂ©e Cundell), b Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks 1824, d Edinburgh 1906. A gifted musician and linguist, she was the daughter of a Episcopalian doctor, who in 1847 became a Free Ch ministerâs wife, first… |
| John of Damascus |
b Damascus (Syria) c675, d c749. Taught by the elder Cosmas, a captive Sicilian monk; Johnâs father adopted another Cosmas (âthe melodistâ, also a hymnwriter), who with John enrolled at the… |
| Garrett, Leslie (Les) Norman |
b Mamatmata, New Zealand 1943 or 1944. Trained at the Word of Faith Bible Sch before pastoring the Christian family Centre at Maddington, W Australia. He became known for his strong advocacy of the AV… |
| 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… |
| Finlay, Kenneth George |
b St Marylebone (Middx), London 1882, d Glasgow 1974. Robert Gordonâs Coll, Aberdeen; Merchiston Castle Sch, Edinburgh. Member of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects, worked in shipbuilding… |
| Campbell, Jane Montgomery |
b Paddington, Middx (C London) 1817, d Bovey Tracey, Devon 1878. After her early years in London, where she taught singing in her fatherâs parish school of St James, Paddington, she moved to Bovey… |
| Richards, Noel |
b 1955. Brought up in Llantrisant nr Cardiff, where he attended the Pentecostal church. He became a believer as a child, making a re-commitment at the age of 15. At that time, around 1971, the new… |
| Lam, Pandina |
A member of the wider music team for Praise! who worked with Linda Mawson on the contemporary tunes. Pandina lives at Redbridge in the London Borough of Ilford on the edge of Essex, and provided… |
| Garrett, Dale |
b New Zealand 1939. As a girl she encountered Christian teaching which challenged her way of life, but as a teenager she showed some early rebellion which was later replaced by growing commitment. A… |
| Deck, James George |
b Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 1802, d Motueka, Tasman Bay, S Island, New Zealand 1884. He belonged to the Christian (Plymouth) Brethren but joined the Indian service as an army officer; he may have… |
| Protheroe, Daniel |
b Cwmgiedd, nr Ystradgynlais, Powys (Brecon) 1866, d Chicago, USA 1934. As a youthful singer he won awards at the Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil Eisteddfodau (1880, 1881); at sixteen he conducted the… |
