| Jenkins, Jill |
Mrs Jill Jenkins was born in Ealing, London in 1937. She was educated at Blackheath High School and achieved a distinction in a Diploma in Contextual Theology from the University of Wales,… |
| Southgate, Thomas Bishop |
b Hornsey, N London (Middx), 1814, d Highgate or Hampstead, N London (Middx) 1868. A chorister at the Chapel Royal, he went on to study the organ under S S Wesley and became organist at Leyton… |
| Ninnis, Peter James |
b Croydon, Surrey 1948. He was raised in âa chapel-going but not overtly Christianâ family. Trinity Sch of John Whitgift, Croydon; followed by training for the horticultural industry (Advanced Nat… |
| Kempis, Thomas Ă (Hemerken) |
b Kempen, nr Cologne, c1379, d 1425. Educated at Deventer, Netherlands, at a (public) school of the recently founded Brethren of the Common Life, he entered the community house of the Augustinian… |
| Cunningham, Thomas Lister (Tom) |
b Edinburgh 1946. Edinburgh Univ (BSc, Maths). About 20 of his songs are published, in the UK and USA; two tunes and one arrangement feature in Carols for Today, 1986; one tune in The Carol Book (RSCM… |
| Bancroft, Charitie Lees |
(aka DE CHENEZ), b Merrion, Co Dublin 1841, d Oakland, California, USA 1923. A clergymanâs daughter, nĂ©e Smith, she grew up in her fatherâs rectory at Drumragh in Co Tyrone. While in her 20s and… |
| Bridges, Matthew |
b Maldon, Essex 1800, d Sidmouth, Devon 1894. Brought up in the CofE, brother of the evangelical pastor/expositor (and friend of the Moule family) Charles B, he was influenced by the Oxford movement… |
| Gauntlett, Henry John |
b Wellington, Shropshire 1805, d Kensington, W London (Middx) 1876. Organist at the age of 9 at Olney, Bucks, where his father was vicar, a distant successor to John Newton qv. He was choirmaster… |
| Chaplin, Sam |
Sam is a choir leader, workshop leader, singer, trumpeter and jazz musician, and directs a choir for people affected by homelessness â the Choir With No Name. James runs song-writing workshops in… |
| Calkin, John Baptiste |
b London 1827, d Hornsey, N London 1905. One of a large musical family, he first learned the organ from his father James (1786â1862). He succeeded E G Monk (qv) as organist at St Columba Coll, a… |
| Harris, Colin |
B East Acton, West London, 1937. 1956-1996 actuary in Government Actuaryâs Department. Subsequently pastor of Rudgwick Chapel, West Sussex for 3.5 years. Was a director of Frontiers UK from 1997… |
| Griffiths, Thomas Vernon |
b West Kirby, Cheshire 1894, d Christchurch, NZ, 1985 [sic]. Norwich Grammar Sch, Pembroke Coll Cambridge (MA, MusB), where he was organist and choirmaster 1919â22. After teaching music at two… |
| Marshall, Jane |
b Dallas, Texas, USA 1924. Southern Methodist Univ (BMus, MMus); she later joined the School of Music faculty there, 1968â75. From then until 1986 she taught at the Perkins School of Theology, where… |
| Doane, William Howard |
b Preston, Connecticut, USA 1832, d S Orange, New Jersey 1915. Educated at the Woodstock Academy, conducting the school choir at 14. He came to faith in Christ at the Baptist Ch, Norwich, Conn; in… |
| 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 Johnâs Coll Cambridge and the… |
| Duffield, George (junr) |
b Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA 1818, d Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA 1888. Born into a Presbyterian family, he graduated from Yale Univ and Union Theological Seminary prior to ordination in 1840. His… |
| Westbrook, Francis Brotherton |
b Thornton Heath, Surrey 1903, d Harpenden, Herts 1975. Whitgift (now Trinity) Middle Sch, Croydon; Didsbury Theol Coll Manchester; ordained 1930 (Wesleyan Methodist). Distinguished pianist; BA… |
| Cook, Vikki |
COOK, Vikki, b England? 20th-c solo-singer, singing teacher, songwriter and worship leader; most notably, she has composed one tune which gained rapid popularity wedded to an older text. Many of the… |
| Hayward, Christopher |
b Canterbury, Kent 1968. The Judd Sch, Tonbridge; Corpus Christi Coll Cambridge (Music and Theology, BA/MA); and Trinity Coll London (LTCL, specialising in oboe). From 1990â97 he was Director of… |
| Rogers, Phil |
b 1949. Bristol Univ (BSc 1971), followed by maths teaching. In 1979 he left his school job to work full-time in a SE London church. After 11 years he then moved to Bracknell, Berks, returned to… |
| Richardson, John |
b Preston, Lancs 1816, d Preston 1879. An alto singer who at the age of 13 joined the St Nicholas RC church choir in Liverpool. Apprenticed as a painter and decorator, he completed his training but at… |
| 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… |
| Hughes, Arwel |
b Rhosllanerchrugog nr Wrexham, Denbighs (Clwyd), Wales 1909, d Cardiff 1988. Ruabon Grammar Sch nr Wrexham, N Wales, and RCM, London; after a period as organist at St Philip and St James Ch Oxford he… |
| Grier, Julia C |
Mrs Julia Christine Grier was born in Belfast in 1947. she attended Victoria College Belfast and gained a BA from Queen's University, Belfast.
Julia has a PGCE from Redland Collage, Bristol… |
| Plessis, Malcolm du |
b Durban, S Africa 1956, to an English-speaking mother and an Afrikaans-speaking father. Members of the du Plessis family were prominent in the early 20th-c years of Pentecostalism in the USA, but in… |
| Keith and Kristyn Getty |
Keith and Kristyn are published by Praise! Online at numbers 1155 and 1191.
They are also published in collaboration with other authors and composers:
With Stuart Townend at numbers 1118,1119,… |
| Knight, Mollie |
b 1917, d 1993. She was a Primary School Teacher and poet, a member with husband Trevor of Purley Baptist Ch, Surrey. She contributed paraphrases to The Book of Praises (1986), and Psalms for Today… |
| Woodbury, Isaac Baker |
b Beverley, Massachusetts, USA 1819, d Columbia, S Carolina, USA 1858. Growing up to learn the blacksmithâs trade, his growing love of music led him to study at Boston, Mass, where he also became… |
| Hadley, Patrick Arthur Sheldon |
b Cambridge 1899, d Heacham, nr Hunstanton, Norfolk 1973. Winchester Coll and Pembroke Coll Cambridge (MA). Active in the war 1917â18 where he lost a leg; he then studied composition at the RCM… |
| Converse, Charles Crozat |
b Warren, Mass, USA 1832, d Highwood, NJ 1918. Educated at Elmira Academy, he co-edited Sunday School songbooks under the name âKarl Redenâ, in association with William Bradbury and Ira Sankey.… |
