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Fred Kaan

1929 - 2009 Author of "God! When Human Bonds Are Broken" in Moravian Book of Worship Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens. Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregational Church in Barry, Glamorgan. In 1963 he was called to be minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth. It was in this congregation that he began to write hymns. The first edition of Pilgrim Praise was published in 1968, going into second and third editions in 1972 and 1975. He continued writing many more hymns throughout his life. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary written by Keith Forecast in Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-kaan-minister-and-celebrated-hymn-writer-1809481.html)

Felix Adler

1851 - 1933 Person Name: Felix Adler, 1851-1933 Author of "Splendor of the morning sunlight" in The Beacon Song and Service book Adler, Felix, Ph.D. Born in Germany in 1851; taken to New York in 1857; graduated at Columbia College 1870; and Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature at Cornell University, 1874-76. He published in 1877 Creed and Deed. His hymn, "Sing we of the golden city" (City of our Hopes) is in The Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904. Sometimes given as "Have you heard of the golden city?" --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Christopher Smart

1722 - 1771 Person Name: Christopher Smart, 1722-1771 Author of "Hearken to the anthem glorious" in The Hymnal 1982 Smart, Christophe, M.A., was born at Shipburn, Kent, in 1722, and educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he gained the Seatonian prize for five years, four of which were in succession, (B.A. 1747.) He removed to London in 1753, and gave some attention to literature: but neglecting both his property and his constitution, he became poor and insane. He died in the King's Bench, 1771. His Poems were published in 2 vols. in 1771. From that work "Father of light conduct my feet" (Divine Guidance), and "I sing of God the mighty Source" [God the Author of All), have been taken. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Barclay Baron

1884 - 1964 Author of "Father, Who Hast Made Us Brothers" in A Hymnal for Friends Barclay Baron was a 20th Century Anglican layman who was dedicated to the cause of Christian social work throughout his adult life. He was an avid supporter of the YMCA, and after World War I he became a major figure in the Toc H movement, a British Christian soldier's club at Talbot House which later evolved into a broader social support organization. Nancy Naber, from http://zzapp.com/anthems/lyrics/Go Forth With God!.xhtml

William Robinson

1888 - 1963 Person Name: William Robinson, 1888-1963 Author of "You we praise, high priest and victim" in Together in Song

Francis Jackson

1917 - 2022 Person Name: Francis Jackson, 1917- Composer (Descant) of "REDHEAD No. 46" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada

John Swertner

1746 - 1813 Person Name: John Swertner, 1746-1813 Translator of "Jesus, by the Holy Spirit" in Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church Swertner, John, b. Sept. 12, 1746, at Haarlem, in Holland, Moravian minister at various places in England and Ireland; d. at Bristol, March 11, 1813. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Giles Leigh Browne

1883 - 1919 Translator of "Aŭdu! forta voko sonas" in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta English linguist and poet. --ADORU, p. 1389

Percy Whitlock

1903 - 1946 Person Name: Percy W. Whitlock (1903-1946) Descant of "LAUS DEO" in Common Praise (1998)

Sydney H. Nicholson

1875 - 1947 Person Name: S. H. Nicholson Composer (desc.) of "LAUS DEO" in Rejoice in the Lord Sydney H. Nicholson, (b. St. Marylebone, London, England, 1875; d. Ashford, Kent, England, 1947) was an organist and church music educator who greatly influenced English hymnody. Educated at Oxford's New College, the Royal College of Music in London, and in Frankfurt, Germany, he became organist at several famous cathedrals, including Westminster Abbey (1919-1928). Nicholson founded and administered the School of English Church Music at Chislehurst in 1927; this important institution, with branches throughout the English-speaking world, was renamed the Royal School of Church Music in 1945. Located in Canterbury after World War II, its headquarters were moved to Addington Palace, Croydon, in 1954. Nicholson was music adviser for the 1916 Supplement of Hymns Ancient and Modern and prepared the way for its 1950 edition. He wrote Church Music: a Practical Handbook (1920) and Quires and Places Where They Sing (1932) and composed operettas, anthems, and hymn tunes. In 1938 he was knighted for his contributions to church music. Bert Polman