| Elvey, George Job |
b Canterbury, Kent 1816; d Windlesham, Surrey 1893. Raised as a Presbyterian, he became a Canterbury Cathedral choirboy and from there went in 1831 with his brother Stephen to New College Oxford (BMus… |
| Maurus, Rabanus |
(not in Praise! index), b 776 or 784, d 856. The possible author of the original Lat of no.522, he was educated under Alcuin (qv), and ordained in 814. He became Abbot of Fulda, Archbishop of Mainz… |
| Evans, David |
b Resolven, Glamorganshire, S Wales 1874, d Rhosllanerchrugogg, nr Wrexham, Denbighshire 1948. Not to be confused with his namesakes. Arnold Coll, Swansea; Univ Coll Cardiff; BMus and DMus (Oxford).… |
| Mackrell, Paul |
b Totton, nr Southampton, Hants 1951. Totton Grammar Sch and Liverpool Univ. He works as a civil servant in the Dept for Work and Pensions (social security); and as a p/t church minister, at Hampstead… |
| Prichard, Rowland Hugh |
b Graienyn (or Craienyn) nr Bala, Merionethshire, N Wales 1811, d Holywell, Flintshire, N Wales 1887. (His name is often given as âPritchardâ but the shorter spelling now seems better… |
| Oakeley, Frederick |
b Shrewsbury, Shrops 1802, d Islington, Middx (N London) 1880. After a private education he studied at Christ Ch Oxford (BA 1824); ordained in 1826; Fellow and Chaplain of Balliol 1827. At Oxford he… |
| Bianco da Siena |
b ?Anciolina, Val dâArno, 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… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| Barham-Gould, Arthur Cyril |
b 1891, d Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1953. The hyphenated surname came later; hence some listings still under âGouldâ. He prepared for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge; and was ordained in 1927 to… |
| Pierpoint, Folliott Sandford |
b Spa Villa, Bath (Som) 1835; d Newport, Monmouthshire 1917. Bath Grammar Sch and Queenâs Coll Cambridge (BA in classics 1857, MA). For a short time he was Classics master at Somersetshire Coll, and… |
| Scripture Union |
Founded in 1879, in addition to its evangelistic and Bible-teaching initiatives the SU has played a significant part in hymnody. This has come through many individual stories, but also in publishing… |
| 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… |
| Hurst, William |
b Leicester 1849, d Coalville, Leics, 1934. He lived in Coalville for most of his life, with no permanent musical post. His compositions were limited to organ music and hymn tunes. Contributor to the… |
| 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… |
| Waring, Anna Laetitia |
b Plas-y-Velin, Neath, Glam (Neath) 1823, d Clifton, Bristol 1910. After an upbringing within the Society of Friends, and for a while attending Bethany Baptist Ch in Cardiff, she joined the CofE at… |
| Evans, David J |
b Dartford, Kent 1957; except for two years in Maryland, USA, he lived most of his early life in Winchester. He graduated in Social Science (BSc) from the Univ of Southampton, a city where he… |
| Harwood, Basil |
b Woodhouse, West Down, Olveston, Glos 1859, d Kensington, W London 1949. Charterhouse Sch, Trinity Coll Oxford (BMus 1880, MA Classics and Mod Hist 1881, DMus 1896); also studied at the Leipzig… |
| Hughes, John (Pontypridd) |
b Dowlais, Glam 1873, d Llantwit Fadre, Pontypridd, Glam 1932. Alan Luff writes that he was âlike so many musicians, a product of the South Wales coal fields, with their harsh conditions alleviated… |
| 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.… |
| Atkinson, Frederick Cook |
b Norwich, Norfolk 1841, d E Dereham, Norfolk 1896. He studied under Zechariah Buck at Norwich Cathedral, where he was a chorister and became asst organist and BMus (Cambridge), 1867. He taught music… |
| Hoyle, Richard Birch |
b Cloughfold, Lancs 1875, d Wimbledon, Surrey 1939. Born into a Methodist family, he became a Baptist, training at Regents Park Coll, London. He served in the ministry from 1900 to 1926, concluding at… |
| Hatton, John |
b Warrington, Lancs c1710, d Windle, St Helens, Lancs 1793. Known as âJohn of Warringtonâ, he lived in Duke Street in Windle, a district or suburb of St Helens; hence the name of the one tune… |
| Barthow, Mary Kirkbride |
Her best known (and jointly-authored) song, included here, made its first impact in the UK through Spring Harvest events and MP; it has now reached CH in its 2004 edn. But she has worked with Mary Lou… |
| Allsup, Olive Joyce |
b Leominster, Herefordshire 1938. Leominster Grammar Sch; she works as a self-employed retailer. Beginning to write song lyrics and music in 1994, she would often sing into a pocket taperecorder while… |
| Bancroft, Charitie Lees |
(aka DE CHENEZ), b Merrion, Co Dublin 1841, d Oakland, California, USA 1923. A clergymanâs daughter, nĂŠe Smith, she grew up in her fatherâs rectory at Drumragh in Co Tyrone. While in her 20s 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… |
| Porteous, Christopher Selwyn |
b London 1935. Dulwich Coll. Articled clerk in local govt with Malling (Kent) Rural District Council 1954-60; he qualified as a Solicitor in 1960, first with London County Council (till 1962), then… |
| Stanley, Samuel |
b Birmingham 1767, d Birmingham 1822. Violinist and cellist; precentor at Carrâs Lane Meeting House aged 20, then (for 34 years) at Ebenezer Chapel, both in the home town where he spent his life. He… |
