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Alfred Bell

Short Name: Alfred Bell
Full Name: Bell, Alfred, 1832-1895
Birth Year: 1832
Death Year: 1895

Alfred Bell was born in Silton, UK in 1832. He was a stained glass artist and craftsman, as well as a painter. He worked under Sir George Gilbert Scott, a prominent church architect before joining with John Richard Clayton to form the firm Clayton & Bell. His translation "Holy night, peaceful night" was set to music by Joseph Barnby and published in 1869 in Barnby's Original Tunes to Popular Hymns (Vol 1, London: Novello and Company.

Dianne Shapiro from Hymns and Carols of Christmas website (hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com) (accessed 3/21/2021)


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