| Morley, Henry Litchfield |
b ?London 1834, d ?Greenwich 1916 or ?N America 1883 (dates not certain as given in 1st Full Music edn). He is said to have been a music teacher in Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell, SE London, and… |
| Brierley, John Michael |
b Leicester 1932. London Univ (BD 1971) and Lichfield Theol Coll; ordained (CofE) 1960. Parish ministries in Worcs as curate and vicar; also an organist who while a student assisted Gordon Hartless at… |
| Catherine J Bonar, Matt Merker, Jordan Kauflin & Keith Getty |
Catherine wrote the original words to 'Fade, fade each earthly joy'
Matt, Jordan and Keith have added words and a chorus to this song, which is published by Praise! online at number 1266 |
| Naylor, Kenneth Nicholson |
b Sunderland, Co Durham 1931, d Cambridge 1991. Kingswood Sch, Bath, and Magdalene Coll Cambridge (graduating in music). He taught at The Leys Sch, Cambridge (1953–80), and Christ’s Hospital… |
| 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… |
| Cushing, William Orcutt |
b Hingham Center, Mass, USA 1823, d Lisbon, New York, 1902 or 1903. Ordained as a minister of the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, he served several New York pastorates (listed by Gordon Taylor… |
| Clausnitzer, Tobias |
b Thum (or Thurn), nr Annaburg, Saxony 1619, d Weiden, Upper Palatine 1684. Univ of Leipzig; graduated 1643. He served as Chaplain to a Swedish regiment during the Thirty Years War, and following the… |
| Thomson, Phil |
He has been writing songs, alone or with John Daniels, since the 1980s. His best known, included here and known also as ‘Light [or Lights] to the world’ appeared in Glory to God (1994), and in the… |
| Rose, Barry |
b Chingford, Essex 1934. Sir George Monoux Grammar Sch, Walthamstow, Essex, and RAM; in 1960 he was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral where he remained until 1974;… |
| Matt Merker and Bob Kauflin |
Matt and Bob have written additional words and music to the hymn written by Horatius Bonar, All praise to him who built the hills. |
| Tindall, John |
b Manchester 1942. Chadderton Grammar Sch, Lancs (Greater Manchester); ordained to the Methodist ministry, he later transferred to the FIEC. In 1984 he became the minister of Chessington Evangelical… |
| Slee, Ben |
Ben grew up in Bromley and studied music at university before coming to serve as the music pastor at Christ Church Mayfair in London.
He is married to Sarah and they have two children.
Ben is… |
| Hall, Archibald Darroch (Archie) |
b Glasgow 1927, d 2017. Educated in Glasgow to Scottish ‘Highers’; he was a member of the open Christian Brethren who until retirement was a manager in the Dept of Health and Social Security. He… |
| Roberts, Caradog |
b Rhosllanerchrugog nr Wrexham, Denbighshire, N Wales 1878, d Wrexham 1935. Student-teacher at the elementary school, then an apprentice carpenter, but left to study piano and organ; taught by the… |
| Pulkingham, Betty Jane |
(neé Carr), b Burlington, N Carolina, USA 1928. Univ of N Carolina Women’s Coll (graduated BS in music) and the Eastman Sch of Music; she then taught music theory at the Univ of Texas. With husband… |
| Plessis, Malcolm du |
b Durban, S Africa 1956, to an English-speaking mother and an Afrikaans-speaking father. Members of the du Plessis family were prominent in the early 20th-c years of Pentecostalism in the USA, but in… |
| Allsup, Thomas Noel |
b Haslingden, Lancs 1930. Haslingden Grammar Sch and Univ of Edinburgh; qualified as veterinary surgeon (BVMS, MRCVS, BVSM, Dip Adv Portuguese). With his wife Olive (see above), whose songs and hymns… |
| Grier, Julia C |
Mrs Julia Christine Grier was born in Belfast in 1947. she attended Victoria College Belfast and gained a BA from Queen's University, Belfast.
Julia has a PGCE from Redland Collage, Bristol… |
| Irvine, Jessie Seymour |
b Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland 1836, d Aberdeen 1887. Daughter of the parish Minister who later moved to Peterhead, then to Crimond. No.23B(?), see notes. |
| Collins, Eleanor |
Eleanor is married with two children and currently worships at Otford Evangelical Free Church, Kemsing near Sevenoaks in Kent |
| Leslie, Henry Temple |
b 1825, d Sandown, Isle of Wight, Hants 1876. A music teacher and organist in England (including St Mary-le-Port in Bristol) and Ireland, who composed and edited a varied musical selection. He wrote… |
| Merker, Matthew |
Matthew (Matt) has composed songs in association with other writers:
Matt is published by Praise! online at number 1219
He has written and composed with Jordan Kauflin and Keith Getty at number … |
| Walker, Edward Charles |
b Silverdale, nr Lancaster, Lancs 1848, d Cheltenham, Glos 1872. Ordained 1872 in the CofE, he became curate of Whalley Range Parish Ch (St Edmund’s) on the outskirts of Manchester, but died a few… |
| Sheldon, Robin Treeby |
b Cheltenham, Glos 1932. Teacher of music at Lancing Coll, Sussex; he was appointed Musical Editor of the 1965 Anglican Hymn Book which contains 7 of his tunes and several arrangements. Later he… |
| Richards, Hubert J |
b Weilderstadt, Germany 1921. Ordained in the RC ch; author of many educational books including work on the philosophy of religion, and children’s resources with seasonal and Biblical material.… |
| Stralsund Gesangbuch (1665) |
a chorale-book, the Ernewertes Gesangbuch, published in 1665 at Stralsund on the Baltic coast of NE Germany. No.195. |
| Davies, Henry Walford |
b Oswestry, Shropshire 1869, d Wrington, Somerset 1941. Chorister at St George’s Chapel Windsor, where he was later organist; scholar of RCM; organist in London notably at the Temple Church,… |
| Medd, Veronica |
A lay worker in the Church of England who is also a writer of Christian verse, some of which has been published in Symphony magazine. She has written I was a Stranger: Lesson-notes on refugees and… |
| Marshall, Jane |
b Dallas, Texas, USA 1924. Southern Methodist Univ (BMus, MMus); she later joined the School of Music faculty there, 1968–75. From then until 1986 she taught at the Perkins School of Theology, where… |
| 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… |
