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Herbert B. Turner

1852 - 1927 Person Name: Rev. Herbert B. Turner (1852- ) Composer of "GIBSON" in Carmina for the Sunday School and Social Worship Turner, Herbert Barclay; b. 1852, Brooklyn, New York, d. 1927, Washington, Connecticut; composer

George Hews

1806 - 1873 Person Name: Geo. Hews Composer of "HOLLEY" in The Primitive Methodist Church Hymnal Born: January 6, 1806, Weston, Massachusetts. Died: July 6, 1873, Boston, Massachusetts.

S. M. Bixby

1833 - 1912 Composer of "[Saviour, teach me, day by day]" in The Church and Home Hymnal Samuel M. Bixby was born on May 27, 1833 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. His company, S. M. Bixby & Company, manufactured shoe blackings and shoe dressings, but music was his passion. He was also a Sunday school superintendent and choir leader. He died on March 11, 1912 in Fordham, New York. His works include: Church and Home Hymnal, circa 1893 Evangel Songs, circa 1894 Gloria Deo: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Public Worship in All Departments of the Church (New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1901) NN, Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/i/x/bixby_sm.htm

L. G. Hayne

1836 - 1883 Person Name: Leighton G. Hayne Composer of "BUCKLAND" in The Hymnal Born: February 28, 1836, St. David’s Hall, Exeter, England. Died: March 3, 1883, Bradfield, Essex, England. Son of Richard Hayne, Rector of Mistley, Leighton graduated from Eton and Queen’s College, Oxford (BMus 1856, DMus 1860); at school, he was Eton College’s organist and conducted the Oxford University chorus. He also served as chaplain of Queen’s College; Vicar of Helston, Cornwall (1866-67); Succentor of Eton (1867-71); and Rector of Mistley, Essex (1871-83), and was well known as an organ builder. Music: BUCKLAND CHALVEY ST. CECILIA ST. LAWRENCE --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Carl Maria von Weber

1786 - 1826 Person Name: Carl M. von Weber, 1786-1826 Composer of "SEYMOUR" in Hymnal of the Church of God Carl Maria von Weber; b. 1786, Oldenburg; d. 1826, London Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

John Downing Farrer

1829 - 1919 Person Name: John Downing Farrer, 1829 - 1919 Composer of "NEW CALABAR" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada Born: Circa February 1829, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. Died: Circa February 1919, Christchurch District, Hampshire, England. Farrer and his wife were living in Lowestoft as of 1881, and Farrer was in Bournemouth in 1901. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Philip Armes

1836 - 1908 Person Name: Philip Armes, Mus. Doc. Composer of "[Saviour! teach me, day by day]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 Philip Armes, born in Norwich,England, Aug. 15, 1836. Organist; chorister in Norwich Cathedral in 1846-48, and in Rochester Cathedral 1848-51; articled pupil of Dr. John Larkin Hopkins at Rochester, 1850-55; was organist of Trinity Church, Milton, Gravesend in 1855-57, at St. Andrew's, Wells Street, London, in 1857-61, of Chichester Cathedral in 1861-62, and of Durham Cathedral since 1862. Mus. Bac., Oxford 1858; Mus. Doc., Oxford, 1865. degrees also from University of Durham, 1863-1864. Works: Hezekiah, oratorio, performed at Worcester Festival, 1878; St. John the Evangelist, do., York Festival 1881; Communion Services in A; do. in B-flat; Te Deum; Morning and Evening Service in G; Anthems; Chants; Hymns, etc. Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians by John Denison Camplin, Jr. and William Foster Apthorp (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1888)

Georg Christoph Strattner

1644 - 1704 Person Name: Georg C. Strattner Composer of "POSEN" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Georg Christoph Strattner; b. about 1650, in Hungary; d. 1704-5 in Weimar Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

John Dykes Bower

1905 - 1981 Person Name: John B. Dykes Composer of "FERRIER" in American Lutheran Hymnal Sir John Dykes Bower CVO (13 August 1905 – 1981) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Truro Cathedral, Durham Cathedral and St Paul's Cathedral. John Dykes Bower was born on 13 August 1905 in Gloucester. He was one of four brothers. Stephen Dykes Bower became a famous church architect. He was educated at Cheltenham College and studied organ under Herbert Brewer, and was organ scholar at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1922. He was organist of: Truro Cathedral 1926 - 1929 New College, Oxford 1929 - 1933 Durham Cathedral 1933 - 1936 St Paul's Cathedral 1936 - 1968 --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/