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Ablewhite Stanley	Rev. Stanley Ablewhite was born in 1930 and died in 2019. Stanley has three songs published by Praise!. Numbers 1037, 1065 and 1083.
Vale, Walter Sydney	b Hillingdon, Middx c1874, d Aix-en-Provence, France 1939. He was a Prof at the RAM and (from 1907) Organist at All Saints’ Ch, Margaret St, London, where he remained for over 30 years and gained a…
Weissel, Georg	b Domnau, Prussia 1590, d Königsberg 1635. The son of the burgomaster of Domnau, he graduated from the Univ of Königsberg in 1611, and briefly at more than one other university before becoming…
Magdalen Hospital Hymns (c1762)	Though indexed separately, this source may refer to the same book as the preceding item; the date is uncertain, and both book-titles were and are in use. A ‘Fourth Collection’ appeared in 1776. As…
Greatorex, Walter	b Mansfield, Notts 1877, d Bournemouth, Hants 1949. Derby Sch; chorister at King’s Coll Cambridge 1888–93; and St John’s Coll Cambridge. Assistant master at Uppingham Sch, Rutland, where he…
Edwards, William	b Pembrokeshire, SW Wales 1848, d 1929. Pontypool Baptist Coll, Wales; Regents Pk Baptist Coll. He became a tutor at the Baptist Coll in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, and later returned to Pontypool…
Colin Webster, Phil Moore and Tim Chester	Colin, Phil and Tim have written number 1289 in partnership. For more information see separate entries.
Glen Scrivener and Phil Moore	Glen and Phil have written the song at 1288 in partnership. See individual entries for more information.
Isaac Watts and Bob Kauflin	Please see individual entries for Isaac Watts and Bob Kauflin.
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…
Stuart Townend and Andrew Small	see separate entries for Stuart Townend and Andrew Small
Stephenson, T B	Possibly to be identified with Dr TBS, who in London from 1898 ran what would later be termed a young offenders institution, and then a branch of the National Children’s’ Home for destitute…
Shaw, Geoffrey Turton	b Clapham, Surrey/SW London 1879, d Westminster, London 1943. A younger brother of Martin S (see below), he attended St Paul’s Cathedral Sch; Gonville and Caius Coll Cambridge. From 1902 to 1910 he…
Stuart Townend and Keith Getty	See separate entries for Stuart Townend and Keith Getty
Aaron Keyes and Stuart Townend	See separate entries for Aaron Keyes and Stuart Townend
Scottish Paraphrases, 1781	One of a series of metrical versions of the Psalms and other selected Scriptures, most of these being revisions of and intended replacements for the classic 1650 book. Nos.255, 780.
Stuart Townend and Mark Edwards	See separate entries for Mark Edwards and Stuart Townend
Campen, Basil Robert	b Chelmsford, Essex 1938. King Edward VI Grammar Sch, Chelmsford, and London Bible College (BD). An accountant who lives in W Sussex, he belongs to Cuckfield Baptist Ch, he has written occasional…
Bob Kauflin and Tim Chester	See separate entries for Bob Kauflin and Tim Chester
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;…
Geoff Roberts and Judith Roberts	See separate entries for Geoff and Judith
Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash and Jesse Reeves	See separate entries for Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash and Jesse Reeves
Rous, Francis	b Dittisham, Devon 1579, d Acton, Middx 1658/9. MP for Truro, Speaker in Barebones Parliament, one of Cromwell’s Council of State, Provost of Eton, member of Westminster Assembly. In 1643 he rewrote…
Smith, Henry Percy	b Malta 1825, d Bournemouth, Hants 1898. Balliol Coll Oxford (BA, MA); ordained (CofE) in 1849, he was curate at Eversley, Hants, and York Town, nr Camberley, Surrey, for several years. He became…
Clark, Jeremiah	b Worcester c1749, d Bromsgrove, Worcs. 1809. Not to be confused with Jeremiah Clarke (c1674–1707). Having been Organist of St Philip’s Birmingham (now the cathedral) for nearly 40 years from 1765…
Bob Kauflin and Doug Plank	Please see separate entries for Bob Kauflin and Doug Plank.
Crawford, Emily May	(née Grimes), b Lambeth, Surrey (S London) 1864, d Folkestone, Kent 1927. From 1893 until her marriage in 1904 she was a missionary in Pondoland with the S Africa General Mission. She was a writer in…
John Daniels and Phil Thomson	See separate entries for John Daniels and Phil Thomson
Westra, Dewey	b 1899, d 1979. As a schoolteacher in Detroit, USA, of Dutch Reformed ancestry, he keenly felt the loss of the Dutch Psalter (with its Genevan tunes) and supplied several metrical Scripture versions…
Sibomana, Emanuel T	b Burundi c1910–15, d 1975. He probably grew up in central Burundi, and lived near Musema where there was a Baptist mission. In the 1930s he became a Christian, and was ordained as a Baptist pastor…