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Didrik Petri

1560 - 1617 Person Name: T. Petri Author of "Now the spring has come again" in Hymns for the Celebration of Life

1573 - 1637 Person Name: Ben Jonson Author of "Truth is the trial of itself" in Hymns for the Celebration of Life Jonson, Benjamin, commonly known as Ben Jonson, the son of a clergyman, was born at Westminster in 1573, and educated at Westminster School, and St. John's, Cambridge. He died in London, Aug. 6, 1637. His history and dramatic abilities are well known to all students of English literature. He is known in association with hymnody mainly through his carol, "I sing the birth—was born tonight," which is still in use. It is given in his Underwoods in the 2nd vol. (folio) of his Works, 1640, and entitled "A Hymn on the Nativity of my Saviour." Two additional hymns therein, "The sinner's sacrifice" and "A Hymn to God the Father," have much merit, but are unsuited for congregational use. His Works have been edited by Gifford, and more recently by Lieut. Col. Francis Cunningham. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================= Jonson, Ben, p. 606, i. His “Hymn to God the Father," beginning “Hear me, O God. A broken heart," is in Turing's Collection, 1882, in an abridged form. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Rabindranath Tagore

1861 - 1941 Person Name: R. Tagore Author of "Now I recall my childhood" in Hymns for the Celebration of Life Bengali poet, novelist, musician, and playwright. Tagore was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded to him in 1913..

Louisa J. Hall

1802 - 1892 Person Name: Mrs. L. J. Hall Author of "There is a something sweet and pure" in Hymns in Harmony with Modern Thought Hall, Louisa Jane (Park). (Newburyport, Massachusetts, February 2, 1802--1892). Wife of Rev. Edward B. Hall, she began to publish poems anonymously in periodicals. Her husband was minister of the First Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island. She moved to Boston after his death. --Singers and Songs of the Liberal Faith, 1875, DNAH Archives

William Canton

1845 - 1926 Person Name: William Canton, 1845-1926 Author of "When the herds were watching" in The Beacon Song and Service book Canton, William, was b. Oct. 27, 1845, on the Isle of Chusan, China, and now (1906) resides in Highgate, London. He is the author of various volumes of poems, of a History of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1903, &c. Two of his poems are used as hymns in the English Hymnal, 1906, and others. 1. Hold Thou my hands! [Hold Thou me up.] First published in Good Words, May 1893, p. 333, and reprinted in his The Invisible Playmate, 1894, p. 21. 2. Through the night Thy angels kept. [Morning.] From his The Comrades, 1902, p. 233. [Rev. James Mearns. M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Anna Nitschmann

1715 - 1760 Author of "First born of many brethren, thou" in Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs Nitschmann, Anna, daughter of David Nitschmann, cartwright, at Kunewald, near Fulnek, Moravia, was born at Kunewald, Nov. 24, 1715. Her cousin, David Nitschmann (the first Bishop, 1735, of the renewed Brethren's Unity) while on a visit to Kunewald in the beginning of 1725, persuaded her father to remove to Herrnhut, where the family arrived on Feb. 25, 1725. On March 17, 1730, Anna was appointed Unity-Elder, with the care of the unmarried sisters; on May 4, 1730, joined with Anna Dober in founding the Jungfrauenbund (see p. 304, ii.); and in 1733 entered the unmarried sisters' house at Herrnhut. In 1735 she became companion to Zinzendorf s daughter, the Countess Benigna, and accompanied her, in 1737, to England. During the summer of 1740 she went with her own father to America, arriving in Pennsylvania Dec. 5, 1740. After the arrival of Zinzendorf and the Countess Benigna, in 1741, Anna joined with them in work among the Indians. She returned to Germany in 1743. After the death of his first wife on June 19, 1756, Zinzendorf married Anna at Berthelsdorf on June 27, 1757. When on May 5, 1760, Zinzendorf felt his fatal illness, she also succumbed, and after his death, on May 9, gradually sank and died, May 21, 1760, at Herrnhut (Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie xxiii. 709; MS. from Diaconus J. T. Muller, Herrnhut, &c). Her hymns were written 1735-1748; the earlier in Herrnhut, some in Pennsylvania, others from 1743 to 1748. They appeared in the various Appendices to the Herrnhut Gesang-Buch of 1735. Only two have passed into use outside of the English Moravian Hymn Book. These are:— i. Ich bin das arme Würmlein dein. Humility. First published as No. 1592 in Appendix x. circa l741 to the Herrnhut Gesang-Buch, 1735, in 12 stanzas of 4 lines. When repeated in the Brüder Gesang-Buch, 1778, No. 851, st. i., 11. 1, 2; iv., 11. 1, 2; ii.; iii.; xii. were selected with alterations, and a stanza by C. Gregor (which begins “Mein Heiland! dass ich ohne dich") was prefixed. The translation in common use is:— My Saviour, that I without Thee. Translated in full by F. W. Foster, from the text of 1778, and given as No. 450 in the Moravian Hymn Book , 1189 (1886, No. 580). Included, omitting st. v., in J. A. Latrobe's Collection, 1841. ii. Mein König, deine Liebe. Christian Work. Appeared as No. 1233 in Appendix vii. circa 1737 to the Herrnhut Gesang-Buch, 1735, in 14 st. of 6 1. In the Brüder Gesang-Buch,1778, No. 1355, reduced to 6 stanzas (st. v. in 1778 is by N. L. Zinzendorf). Another translation is: "Thou our exalted first-born Brother." This is a tr. of st. xiv. in the Moravian Hymn Book, pt. ii., 1746, p. 798. In 1754, pt. ii., p. 365, altered to "0 Thou our first-born Brother " (1849, No. 852, st. ii.). [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Thomas Flatman

1637 - 1688 Person Name: T. Flatman Author of "Sleep, downy sleep! come close my eyes" in A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home Flatman, Thomas, poet and miniature painter, was born in London, cir. 1633, and died cir. 1688. He was a barrister of the Inner Temple, but gave most of his time to poetry and painting. He was the author of some Pindaric Odes on the deaths of Prince Rupert, and of Charles II.; and of a prose satire on Richard Cromwell. His Poems & Songs were published in 1674 (3rd edition 1682), and from this volume the following hymns have been transferred to Dr. Martineau's Hymns, 1840, and his Hymns of Praise and Prayer, 1873:— "Awake, my soul, awake, mine eyes " (Morning); “Sweet slumbers, come and chase away" (Evening). The similarity of these hymns to the Morning and Evening hymns of Bp. Ken suggests the possibility that they may have inspired the latter. Flatman's "Thoughts on Death " also contains the germ of Pope's "Vital Spark," &c, q.v. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Samuel Ecking

1757 - 1785 Author of "Peace, peace, my soul, thou needest [need'st] not fear" in Hymns for the Use of the Society of United Christian Friends Professing the Faith of Universal Salvation Ecking, Samuel, a Baptist, born at Shrewsbury, Dec. 5, 1757, died Jan. 16, 1785, contributed hymns to the Gospel Magazine, in 1778 and 1779, under the signature of "S. E—k—-g." Of these the hymn, "Peace, peace, my soul," is in common use. This hymn is also found in his Essays on Grace, Faith, and Experience. [William T. Brooke] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Louis Untermeyer

1885 - 1977 Person Name: L. Untermeyer Author of "God, though this life is but a wraith" in Hymns for the Celebration of Life Louis Untermeyer; b. Oct. 1, 1885, New York, NY, d. Dec. 18, 1977, Newtown, CT. Husband of Jean Starr Untermeyer. American writer, poet, literary critic, and editor.