| 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… |
| Zundel, John |
b Hochdorf, Germany 1815, d Cannstadt, Germany 1882. Studied violin and organ in Germany; in 1840 became organist of St Anne’s Lutheran Church at St Petersburg, Russia, where he was also bandmaster… |
| Killingley, Sophie |
Sophie Killingley was born in 1983 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. She grew up reaching Grade 8 in violin and piano, becoming a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales and awarded by the… |
| Smith, Alfred Barnerd (Barney) |
b Wortendyke, NJ, USA 1916. A boy prodigy on the violin, he appeared as a guest soloist with the New York Symphony Orchestra, and studied at the Juilliard Sch of Music, the Moody Bible Institute and… |
| 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… |
| Giles, Gordon |
The Reverend Dr Gordon John Giles was born in London in 1966. He was educated at Lancaster and Cambridge Universities, gaining a BA, MLitt and a PhD.
Gordon was Curate at the Church of… |
| Morison, John |
b Cairnie, nr Huntly, Aberdeenshire 1750, d Canisbay, nr John O’Groats, Caithness (Highland) 1798. King’s Coll, Univ of Aberdeen (MA 1771). After teaching in a number of Caithness schools he… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Lavater, Johann Caspar |
b Zurich, Switzerland 1741, d ?Zurich 1801. He studied theology at the Academic Gymnasium of Zurich (1758–59), and after further training in the Dept of Theology he was ordained to the Reformed… |
| 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,… |
| 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… |
| Hare, Susie |
Susie Hare was born in 1947 in Basingstoke, Hampshire. She was awarded the Hampshire Music Scholarship in 1957 and studied composition at Weymouth Teacher Training College (1965 – 68)
As well as… |
| Hadley, Patrick Arthur Sheldon |
b Cambridge 1899, d Heacham, nr Hunstanton, Norfolk 1973. Winchester Coll and Pembroke Coll Cambridge (MA). Active in the war 1917–18 where he lost a leg; he then studied composition at the RCM… |
| Wallace, John Aikman |
b Edinburgh 1802, d Trinity, nr Brechin, Midlothian (Angus) 1870. An ordained minister in the Ch of Scotland, serving at Hawick (Border), who left at the Disruption of 1843 for the Free Church along… |
| Savage, Beverley (Bev) |
b Woodlands (between Cadnam and Lyndhurst), New Forest, Hants 1940. Woodford Sch, Essex; S Wales Bible Coll. After 10 years in heavy engineering on the railways, became pastor of an FIEC church in NW… |
| 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… |
| Doane, George Washington |
b Trenton, New Jersey, USA 1799, d Burlington, NJ 1859. Union Coll, Schenectady, New York State, where he read Law. After enrolling as one of the General Theological Seminary’s first students, he… |
| Cook, Siân |
Siân Rebecca Cook was born in Pontypool in 1978. She attended Caerleon Comprehensive School. Siân attained a BA Honours in English Literature at York University, followed by a PGCE in English at… |
| Williams, Peter |
b Llansadyrnin (Llansadurnin), nr St Clears, Carmarthen 1721/22, d Llandyfeilog (Llandyfaelog), nr Kidwelly, Carmarthen 1796. Carmarthen Grammar Sch, Carmarthen Coll. Warned by a tutor against the… |
| Collignon, Charles |
b 1725, d Cambridge 1785. A physician of French ancestry; Trinity Coll Cambridge, MB 1749, MD 1754. As well as his general medical work he became Prof of Anatomy there in 1753, being described as ‘a… |
| Sadler, Gary |
b USA. A songwriter in the renewal movement who has also composed for woodwind instruments. His best known song, written with Jamie Harvill qv, ‘opened the doors’ to a wider musical career;… |
| Miller, Emily F Huntingdon |
b Brooklyn, Connecticut, USA 1833, d Northfield, Minnesota, USA 1913. Originally a Methodist, she attended Oberlin Coll Ohio, marrying Prof John E Miller in 1860. She co-edited a children’s magazine… |
| Wainwright, John |
b Stockport, Gtr Manchester (Ches) 1723, d Stockport 1768. A joiner’s son who moved into Manchester aged 23. He was a ‘singing man’ at the city’s Collegiate Church (see notes to 352 in EP1)… |
| Ellis, Patricia Margaret |
Margaret was born in Wimborne, Dorset in 1956. She attended the Royal College of Music and Goldsmith’s College, University of London gaining a  GRCM, ARCM(piano), and a  PGCE.
Now… |
| Richards, Tricia |
b Plymouth, Devon, 1960. School in Plymouth; she met Noel, her future husband and songwriting partner, in 1975 while she was a senior schoolgirl and he was a visiting missioner with Youth for Christ.… |
| Bain, James Leith Macbeth |
b Scotland c1840, d Liverpool (or Wallasey, Cheshire) 1925. A poet, composer and mystic whose religious views underwent many changes. In 1911 he published a collection with a title beginning In the… |
| Witvoet, Bert |
(not in Praise! index), b 1934. Coming from a Dutch family background, he is a Reformed (Calvinist) author living in St Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada. Four of his Psalm versions and one hymn (Text… |
| 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 Alfred’s Coll, Winchester, 1841–42. He remained at Winchester… |
| Baker, Geoff |
A songwriter whose work (including words, tunes and arrangements) began to appear, in the Spring Harvest books and elsewhere, in the 1990s. Living in Leicester, he works with Cross Rhythms, founded in… |
