| Trautwein, Dieter |
b Holzhausen, bei Biedenkopf, Central Germany 1928. d. 2002. Ordained to the ministry of the Lutheran ch, for some years following the 2nd world war he was a director of its youth work. He pioneered… |
| Walker, Mary Jane (Deck) |
b Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 1816, d Cheltenham, Glos 1878. She grew up in Bury St Edmunds, and has been known mainly for the men in her life, as the younger sister (by some 14 years) of fellow-hymn… |
| 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… |
| Berry, Gillian Patricia |
b Guildford, Surrey 1957. St John Bosco Sch, Chertsey, and Guildford Tech Coll; Univ Coll of N Wales, Bangor (BMus 1979, studying under Wm Matthias) and Keele Univ (Graduate Diploma in Counselling,… |
| Alexander, James Waddell |
b Hopewell, Virginia, USA 1804, d Sweetsprings, Va 1849. Princeton Theol Seminary (=Coll of New Jersey, 1820). A man from a Scottish family whose career alternated between pastoral and academic posts,… |
| Heermann, Johann |
b Raudten, Silesia 1585, d Lissa, Possen 1647. Born in poverty, he was his parentsâ 5th and only surviving child whose mother vowed that he would be dedicated to God if he lived. After schooling and… |
| Kitson, Charles Herbert |
b Leyburn, N Yorks 1874, d Kensington, W London 1944. Ripon Sch, Yorks, and Selwyn Coll Cambridge (organ scholar, divinity prize, MA). He studied music further at Oxford, and not pursuing his original… |
| Earwaker, John Clifford |
b S London 1936. Keble Coll Oxford (1956â 59, BA in Theology, MA) and Lincoln Theol Coll; ordained (CofE) 1961. After a curacy at Eccleshall, Staffs, he was briefly the Succentor at St Maryâs… |
| Bower, John Dykes |
b Gloucester 1905, d Farnborough, Kent 1981. A great-grandson of J B Dykes (qv); Cheltenham Coll and Corpus Christi Coll Cambridge (Organ Scholar, 1922; Fellow 1933â37); he held a number of posts as… |
| Hassler, Hans Johann Leo |
b NĂŒremburg, Germany 1564, d Frankfurtam- Main, Germany 1612. Taught music by his father Isaak (c1530â91), in 1584 he became one of the first German musicians to travel to Italy, arriving in Venice… |
| Whitfield, Frederick |
b Threapwood, Shrops (or Ches?) 1829, d Lower Norwood, nr Croydon, Surrey 1904. Trinity Coll Dublin (BA 1859). Following ordination and a curacy at Otley, W Yorks, he served as Vicar of Kirby and… |
| 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… |
| Garrard, Stuart |
(stage name, âStu Gâ), b in the Dales, 1963. After Westbourne High School he spent some 7 years with Eastern Electricity, while also playing guitar and singing in bands for local churches and… |
| Brooks, Reginald Thomas ('Peter') |
b Wandsworth, S London, 1918, d Harrow, Middx 1985. Clapham Central Sch, the London Sch of Economics, and Mansfield Coll and St Catherineâs Soc (now College), Oxford; BA, MA. Ordained to the… |
| Monk, William Henry |
b Hanover Square, London, 1823, d Stoke Newington, London 1889. Organist at St Peterâs Eaton Sq (1841), St Paulâs Portman Sq (1845) and other London churches. From 1847 he was at Kingâs Coll… |
| Marriott, John |
b Cottesbach, nr Lutterworth, Leicestershire 1780, d St Giles in the Fields, London 1825. Rugby Sch and Christ Church Coll Oxford; BA 1802, a 1st class degree in the first ever public exam for such… |
| 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… |
| Bakewell, John |
b Brailsford, nr Derby 1721, d Lewisham, Kent (SE London) 1819. He was converted at the age of 18 through reading the classic Human Nature in its Fourfold State (1720, 1729) by the Scots Calvinist… |
| Shephard, Richard |
b 1949. A boy chorister at Gloucester Cathedral who then studied at Corpus Christi Coll Cambridge. He held various teaching posts in Salisbury while also singing in the cathedral choir there. He was… |
| 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… |
| Gilbert, Walter (William) Bond |
b Exeter, Devon 1829, d Headington, Oxon 1910. He studied music against the wishes of his family and, encouraged by his vicar, was allowed to practise on the church organ at St Thomasâs Exeter. From… |
| Richards, John ('Isalaw') |
b Bangor, Gwynedd (Caernarvonshire) 1843, d Bangor 1901. Son of a sea captain, he was educated mainly in Birmingham and made music his career. As well as several hymn tunes, he composed anthems, part… |
| Gabriel, Charles Hutchinson |
b Wilton, Iowa, USA 1856, d Los Angeles, California 1932. He spent his first 17 years working on the family farm, but also writing verse and teaching himself to play the newly-acquired small reed… |
| Taylor, Cyril Vincent |
b Wigan, Lancs 1907, d Petersfield, Hampshire 1991. Magdalen College Sch (boy chorister); Christ Church Coll Oxford (MA); Westcott House Oxford; ordained (CofE) 1931. Curate at Hinckley and Kingswood,… |
| Keswick Hymn Book |
The 1936/8 devotional and missionary hymnal designed for use at the annual summer Keswick Convention, and sometimes adopted for (eg) midweek use by churches sympathetic to its evangelical ethos. It… |
| Owens-Collins, Jamie |
b Castro Valley, California, USA 1955, daughter of the songwriting couple Jimmy and Carol Owens. Surrounded by music from the early days, by her mid-teens she was well known in the USA as a solo… |
| Cushing, William Orcutt |
b Hingham Center, Mass, USA 1823, d Lisbon, New York, 1902 or 1903. Ordained as a minister of the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, he served several New York pastorates (listed by Gordon Taylor… |
| Lockhart, Charles |
b London 1745, d Lambeth, S London (Surrey) 1815. Blind from infancy, in 1772 he became organist of the Lock Hospital Chapel near Hyde Park Corner (aka Carlisle Chapel; see also T Haweis, author, and… |
| Towner, Daniel Brink |
b Rome, Pennsylvania, USA 1850, d Longwood, Missouri, USA 1919. His father Prof J G Towner provided his early musical education. He became music director at Methodist Episcopal churches in New York,… |
