| Newell, William Reed |
b Savannah, Ohio, USA 1868, d DeLand, Florida, USA 1956. Wooster (Univ) Coll; Princeton Theological Seminary; Oberlin Theol Seminary. He served several pastorates before being appointed asst… |
| Woollett, Barbara |
b Merryoake, Southampton 1937. She left school at 16 to work in a chemist’s shop, 1953–60, and married David W (engineer) in 1960; they have 3 children and now several grandchildren. Her first… |
| Baker, Frederick George |
b Shorwell, Isle of Wight 1840 (not Newport, ’39), 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… |
| Wilson, Hugh |
b Fenwick, Ayrshire 1766, d Duntocher, Dunbartonshire (Strathclyde) 1824. After village schooling he joined his father in shoemaking, while also studying music and maths and designing sundials. In his… |
| Ockenden, Lawrence Gordon |
A piano pupil at the age of 9, and choirboy at Hatch End, Middx; Merchant Taylors’ School (learning the organ from age 13) 1958–64, then RAM until 1967 (LRAM, ARCO, GRSM). Teacher training at… |
| Winebarger, Kevin |
Helen Lemmel wrote the words for 'O soul, are you weary and troubled'.
Additional words and a chorus have been added by Kevin in partnership with George Romanacce, Nic Trout and Nathan Stiff.
This… |
| Trout, Nic |
Helen Lemmel wrote the words for 'O soul, are you weary and troubled'.
Additional words and a chorus have been added by Nic in partnership with George Romanacce, Kevin Winebarger and Nathan… |
| Romanacce, George |
Helen Lemmel wrote the words for 'O soul, are you weary and troubled'.
Additional words and a chorus have been added by George in partnership with Nic Trout, Kevin Winebarger and Nathan Stiff.
This… |
| Lemmel, Helen |
Helen Lemmel 1864-1961
Helen wrote the words for 'O soul, are you weary and troubled'.
Additional words and a chorus have been added by George Romanacce, Nic Trout, Kevin Winebarger and Nathan… |
| 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,… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Matt Merker, Jordan Kauflin and Dave Fournier |
Matt, Jordan and Dave are published by Praise! online at number 1283.
See individual entries for Matt, Jordan and Dave for more details |
| Steffe, William |
mid-19th c. The name traditionally given as that of the author commissioned by a Charlestown ‘fire company’ c1852 to write a shanty; Steffe was organist and choirmaster for the annual camp… |
| 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… |
| Hull, Asa |
b USA 1828, d ?USA. In 1879 he was the main editor of the Gospel Praise Book Complete Edition (suggesting earlier edns?), and later that year the Enlarged Edition; the names of D W Knowles, J P Mager,… |
| 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… |
| Frey, Marvin V |
b Sherwood, Oregon, USA 1918, d N Tarrytown, New York, USA 1992. He was an ordained American evangelist and songwriter who wrote over 2000 ‘songs of faith’. One short but notable and Scriptural… |
| Booth, Josiah |
b Coventry, Warwicks 1852, d Hornsey, N London (Middx) 1929. Having trained in music he became organist of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Banbury, Oxon. After further study at the RAM he was… |
| Doerksen, Brian |
b British Columbia, Canada 1965. Mennonite Educational Inst, Abbotsford, BC; graduated 1983. Born of Ukrainian parents who belonged to the Mennonite Ch at Abbotsford, Brian ‘inherited a love of… |
| Mason, Timothy Battle |
b Medfield, Massachusetts, USA 1801, d Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 1861. A younger brother of Lowell Mason (qv) who taught him music. He became organist of Fourth Street Ch, Boston, Mass, until 1833 when… |
| 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… |
| Hughes, John (Dolgellau) |
b Rhosllannerchrugog nr Wrexham, Wales 1896, d Cardiff 1968. Elder brother of Arwel H (1909–88); after leaving his local school he studied music privately while working in the coal mines of Hafod,… |
| Webb, George James |
b Berwick St John, Wilts (nr Shaftesbury) 1803, d Orange, New Jersey, USA 1887. A farmer’s son intended for the ministry who instead chose music for his profession. Studied at Salisbury Cathedral,… |
| Bottome, Francis (Frank) |
b Belper, Derby 1823, d Gunnislake, Cornwall, nr Tavistock, Devon 1894. As a young man he sailed to America, remaining there for many years and being ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Ch. In 1872 he… |
| Boyd's Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793) |
A Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes...by the late Henry Boyd, published, clearly posthumously, in Glasgow. This Scottish book has given the world, or preserved for it, one great tune. The only… |
| Masson, Lynda |
Born in Norwich, Norfolk in 1951, Lynda Masson is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music, where she specialised in Singing and Piano. Lynda completed her Certificate of Education in 1973 and… |
| Hughes, John (Pontypridd) |
b Dowlais, Glam 1873, d Llantwit Fadre, Pontypridd, Glam 1932. Alan Luff writes that he was ‘like so many musicians, a product of the South Wales coal fields, with their harsh conditions alleviated… |
| Bullinger, Ethelbert Willliam |
b Kent 1837, d Hendon, Middx 1913. A Canterbury Cathedral Choirboy, he studied music under J P Hullah and W H Monk (qv) and trained for ordination at King’s Coll London. Skilled in Heb and Gk, he… |
| Smith, Isaac |
b c1734, d Walworth, SE London (Surrey), 1805. Possibly a clerk to the Alie Street Meeting House in Goodman’s Fields, E London, where he was reputedly the first dissenting Precentor to receive a… |
