| Herbst, Martin |
b Rothenbach, Germany 1654, d Eisleben, Germany 1681. After his education at the St Lorenz Sch, NĆ¼remburg, he went on to study theology and philosophy at Ćltdorf and Jena. He became pastor of St… |
| Brethorst, Leona von |
BRETHORST, Leona von, b Smoky Mountains, E Tennessee, USA 1923. One of 11 children raised in poverty, on Sundays in summertime she walked 3 miles to the nearest Full Gospel Ch, the journey being… |
| Burt, Phil |
b England 1957 A co-editor of Junior Praise 1 and 2 (1986, 1992, combined edn 1997); after a career in banking and further work on audio and video recordings for a Christian charity, he spent 2 years… |
| 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 (1786ā1862). He succeeded E G Monk (qv) as organist at St Columba Coll, a… |
| Chambers, Brent |
b Napier, New Zealand 1948. Educated at Colonso High Sch, Napier; converted at 18, and studied at the Bible College of New Zealand. He has been an author/composer of Scripture songs from the 1970s,… |
| Chope, Richard Robert |
(not in Praise! index), b Bideford, Devon 1830; d Wimbledon, Surrey 1928. Exeter Coll Oxford (BA, MA); ordained 1856, serving west country curacies in Stapleton, Sherborne, Upton Scudamore and… |
| Baker, Frederick George |
b Shorwell, Isle of Wight 1840 (not Newport, ā39), d Shanklin, IoW 1919. A cathedral choirboy at Winchester, he then ran a small watchmaking and jewellery business on the island (cf J Antes). He was… |
| Coates, Kenneth Will |
b 1917. St Johnās Coll Durham and Tyndale Hall Bristol; ordained (CofE) 1942. After ministries in the Bristol and Manchester areas he became vicar of All Saintsā Preston, 1949ā60, then of St… |
| Whittingham, William |
b Chester 1524, d Durham 1579. He married John Calvinās sister at Geneva, succeeding John Knox as Pastor of the English-speaking congregation there. 7 of his Psalm versions formed part of a… |
| Spitta, Carl Johann Phillip |
b Hanover, Germany 1801, d Burgdorf, Germany 1859. The son of a French father and a Christian Jewish mother, he was a writer of verse from the age of 8 and apprenticed at first to a watchmaker, he… |
| Norwood, John Thomas |
b Old Hill, Staffs 1934, d Halesowen, W Midlands 2005. Windsor High Sch, Halesowen; Martineau Teacher Training Coll Birmingham (DipTMH); Birmingham Poly (Diploma in Management). He worked as the… |
| Logan, John |
(not in Praise! Index), 1748ā88. A Ch of Scotland minister, lecturer in history and philosophy, who (like Wm Cameron, qv) was a member of the General Assemblyās editorial committee for the… |
| Playford's Psalms (1671) |
John Playford (1623āc1686/87), a music bookseller and Vicar-choral of St Paulās Cathedral, compiled and published Psalms and Hymns in Solemn Musick of Four Parts...(etc), one of a rich series of… |
| Harris, Thoro |
b Washington DC, USA 1873 or 1874, d Eureka Springs, Arkansas 1955. Following college studies in Battle Creek, Michigan, he became a prolific writer and publisher of gospel songs. The first of his… |
| Churchill, Wendy |
b Broxton, Cheshire 1957. Moving house several times as her father was a Methodist minister, she began to write songs at the age of 10, and attended Roundhay High Sch W Yorks; Plympton Grammar Sch,… |
| Bianco da Siena |
b ?Anciolina, Val dāArno, Tuscany, C Italy, ?, d ?Venice, ?1434. In 1367 he entered the Jesuate order (not the Jesuits, but lay followers of the Augustinian Rule), lived for some time in Venice and… |
| Weissel, Georg |
b Domnau, Prussia 1590, d Kƶnigsberg 1635. The son of the burgomaster of Domnau, he graduated from the Univ of Kƶnigsberg in 1611, and briefly at more than one other university before becoming… |
| Mayhew, Brian John |
b Oxford 1936. Wallington Grammar Sch, Surrey; Univ of Surrey (BMus in music and applied physics). A Chartered Engineer and Member of Inst of Electrical Engineers; currently a software engineer… |
| McGranahan, James |
b nr Adamsville, Penns, USA 1840, d Kinsman, Ohio, USA 1907. Within a limited formal education his musical skills (including a fine tenor voice) soon became apparent. He studied briefly at Wm… |
| Whiting, William |
b Kensington, Middx (W London) 1825, d Winchester, Hants 1878. After schooling in Clapham, S London, he trained as a teacher at King Alfredās Coll, Winchester, 1841ā42. He remained at Winchester… |
| Griffiths, Andrew Kenneth |
b East Sheen, London SW14, 1947. Licentiate of Trinity Coll of Music, Member of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. Member of the C of E, living at Surbiton, Surrey; Environmental Health… |
| 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 Catherineās Soc (now College), Oxford; BA, MA. Ordained to the… |
| Brooks, Gerard |
b Abingdon, Oxon 1956. John Mason High Sch; Lincoln Coll Oxford (MA, Music); Strasbourg Conservatoire (organ studies); and Homerton Coll Cambridge (PGCE). A travelling scholarship furthered his… |
| Monk, Edwin George |
b Frome, Somerset 1819, d Radley, Abingdon, Oxfordshire 1900. Organist at Midsomer Norton and Frome; then precentor and master of music at St Columbaās Coll Rathfarnham (Stackallan) nr Dublin (1844)… |
| SchĆ¼tz, Johann Jakob |
b Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1640, d Frankfurt 1690. He studied at TĆ¼bingen to become a licentiate in civil and canon law, but returned to spend most of the rest of his life as a lawyer at Frankfurt.… |
| Hughes, John (Dolgellau) |
b Rhosllannerchrugog nr Wrexham, Wales 1896, d Cardiff 1968. Elder brother of Arwel H (1909ā88); after leaving his local school he studied music privately while working in the coal mines of Hafod,… |
| Gordon, Isobel |
b Glasgow, Scotland 1969. Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow; Royal Academy of Music and Drama 1987ā91. B Ed (Music), RSAMD. She taught music at St Andrewās Secondary Sch, Glasgow, 1991ā 97, and was… |
| Hadden, David John |
b Newcastle upon Tyne 1952. Bedlington Grammar Sch, Northumberland, and W Midlands Coll of Education, Walsall (now part of Birmingham Univ). He taught in middle schools in the NE until 1980, when he… |
| Macbean, Lachlan |
b Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire 1852, d Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire 1931. Living in the generation after Mary MacDonald (qv), he edited the Fifeshire Advertiser and was an authority on Gaelic culture including… |
| Maker, Frederick Charles |
b Clifton, Bristol 1844, d Bristol (1 Jan) 1927. A choirboy at Bristol Cathedral, he went on to play the organ at several Free Churches in the city including Methodist and Congregational chapels, most… |
