| Mote, Edward |
b Upper Thames St, City of London 1797, d Horsham, Sussex 1874. He worked in London as a cabinet-maker. Christian faith apparently had no part in his early years, but on hearing the preaching of John… |
| Gurney, John Hampden |
GURNEY, John Hampden, b Serjeants’ Inn, off Fleet St, London 1802, d St Marylebone, Middlesex (London) 1862. Trinity Coll Cambridge (BA 1824); abandoned law studies in order to be ordained (CofE)… |
| Smyttan, George Hunt |
b ?Bombay (Mumbai), India c1822, d Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1870. Corpus Christi Coll Cambridge (BA 1845); ordained in 1848. He was briefly curate of Ellington nr Alnwick, Northumberland; then… |
| Stocker, John |
(not in Praise! index). A resident for at least some time of Honiton, Devon, he contributed 9 hymn texts to the Gospel Magazine in 1776–77. In 1861 he was identified by the hymnologist Daniel… |
| Jackson, Francis Alan |
b Malton, N Yorks 1917. York Minster Choir Sch and chorister 1929–33; Univ of Durham (studying under Sir Edward Bairstow, who proved a formative and lasting influence). After serving as Organist of… |
| 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 1919–22. After teaching music at two… |
| Teschner, Melchior |
b Fraustadt, Silesia (now Wschowa, SW Poland) 1584, d Oberprietschen, Posen (now Przyczyna Go¯ rna, Pozna´n, W Poland) 1635. After studying theology, philosophy and music at Frankfurt-an-der-Oder,… |
| Companion Tune Book (1927) |
A compilation from the Strict (Gospel Standard) Baptist ‘Companion Tune Book Trustees’, entitled Companion Tunes to Gadsby’s Hymnbook, which went into several edns from its original printing in… |
| Thompson, Colin Peter |
b Exeter, Devon 1945. Oxford Univ, MA, PhD. Ordained in the URC, 1971; formerly Chaplain to the Univ of Sussex; currently (2011) Lecturer in Spanish at Oxford. His first published hymn was Christian… |
| Hayne, Leighton George |
b Exeter, Devon 1836, d Bradfield, Essex 1883. Eton College and Queen’s Coll Oxford where he became precentor (1860–66) and in 1863 was Coryphaeus (chorus conductor) to the Univ and its public… |
| Sparrow-Simpson, William John |
(aka Simpson, W J S), b London 1859, d Ilford, Essex 1952. St Paul’s Sch; Trinity Coll Cambridge (BA, 1st in theology, MA). He was ordained in 1882 and served in 3 central London parishes (Albany… |
| Denny, Edward |
b Dublin (not Tralee), Ireland 1796, d Brompton, W London 1889. A member of the Christian (Plymouth) Brethren, he lived at Tralee Castle. While reputedly a shy man, he was known as a considerate… |
| Rothe, Johann Andreas |
b Lissa, Silesia 1688, d Thommendorf, nr Bunzlau 1758. Univ of Leipzig (Theology); licensed as a Lutheran preacher in Görlitz. His first work after graduation was as a private tutor at Leube, but on… |
| Peace, Albert Lister |
b Huddersfield, Yorks 1844, d Blundellsands, Liverpool 1912. A self-taught musician who at the age of 9 was organist of Holmfirth Parish Ch a few miles S of Huddersfield. His playing was praised by S… |
| Earnshaw, Robert Henry |
b Todmorden, Yorks 1856, d Dumfries, D and Galloway, Scotland 1929. After study in London and gaining a doctorate, he spent most of his life in Lancs where he was organist successively of 3 churches;… |
| Hall, William John |
[not in Praise! index] b London 1793, d Tottenham N London 1861. A CofE incumbent and author now known mainly for jointly editing the 1836 collection popularly known as The Mitre Hymn Book, and for… |
| Courteville, Raphael (or Ralph) |
b London c1675–76, d 1735. A Chapel Royal chorister who in 1691, aged 15, became a notable organist, and the first, of St James’ Westminster (Piccadilly). It was thought at one time that he served… |
| White, David Ashley |
b San Antonio, Texas, USA 1944. Del Mar Coll, Corpus Christi, Texas; Univ of Houston, TX, and the Univ of Texas at Austin, TX. He was composer-in-residence at the 1984 Green Lake Festival of Music in… |
| Macwilliam, Margaret |
An early 20th-c composer; her only known tune in print was published in the University Carol Book: A Collection of Carols from Many Lands, for All Seasons, edited by Erik Routley in 1961. At that time… |
| Gladstone, William Henry |
b Hawarden, Flintshire 1840, d Westminster, London 1891. Eton Coll and Christ Ch Oxford; the eldest son of Prime Minister Wm E Gladstone, who followed his father into the House of Commons as MP for 20… |
| Draper, William Henry |
b Kenilworth, Warwicks 1855; d Clifton, Bristol 1933. Cheltenham Coll and Keble Coll Oxford; ordained (CofE) 1880. Curate and later vicar in Shrewsbury, also serving the parishes of Alfreton, Derbys,… |
| Flemming, Friedrich Ferdinand |
b Neuhausen, Germany 1778, d Berlin, Germany 1813. After training in medicine at Wittenburg from 1796 to 1800, he did further study at Jena, Vienna and Trieste. He then worked as a Berlin doctor for… |
| 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… |
| Union Tune Book (1842) |
Originally co-edited by Thomas Clark (1775–1859), this was ‘a selection of tunes and chants, suitable for use in congregations and Sunday Schools’, published in 1837 in London by The Sunday… |
| Lyra Davidica (1708) |
The title could mean ‘David’s Lyre’ or ‘David’s Song’. The book was an anonymous London collection of mainly English versions of Latin or German hymns. At least 4 texts and one tune have… |
| Wilkinson, Kate (Katie) Barclay |
b Timperley, nr Altrincham, Ches (Gtr Manchester) 1859, d Kensington, Middx (W London) 1928. She lived and worked in W London, belonged to the CofE, and among her parish church’s activities she led… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Jones, William |
b Lowick, Northants 1726, d Nayland, Suffolk 1800. Charterhouse School (1740–45) and Univ Coll, Oxford, where he studied music privately and was attracted by the writings of John Hutchinson… |
