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Stephen Desha

1859 - 1934 Translator (into Hawaiian) of "Silent Night, Holy Night" in The New Century Hymnal Born: July 11, 1859, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. Died: July 22, 1934. Buried: Homelani Memorial Park, Hilo, Hawaii. Son of John Rollin Langhern Desha and Eliza Brewer Desha, Stephen was educated in the Hawaiian schools, the Royal School and North Pacific Institute in Honolulu. He outlived four wives: Hatie Kamaka (1883), Mary Kaakopua Kekumano (1884), Rose Kapu, and Julia H. Keonaona (1913). Desha was pastor of Napoopoo Church (1884-89) and Haili Church of Hilo (1889). He became supervisor of the County of Hawaii when the county government was inaugurated in 1905, and was elected to the third Board of Supervisors in 1909. In 1907, he became editor and business manager of the newspaper Ka Hoku o Hawaii. He served as a delegate to the second International Congregational Council, Boston, Massachusetts, in September 1899, and in the Hawaiian territorial senate, 1913-17. He was known as a Hawaiian orator and authority on Hawaiian legends. He belonged to the Kamehameha, Kauikeaouli and Hawaii Ponoi Lodges, Chiefs of Hawaii. Desha’s works include: Kamehameha and His Warrior Kekuhaupi’o --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Joseph Guanish

b. 1931 Person Name: Joseph Guanish, 1931- Translator (into Naskapi) of "Silent Night" in Common Praise (1998)

Mary Strawn Vernon

Descant of "[Silent night! Holy night!]" in Children's Hymnal

Pam Stephenson

Arranger (descant) of "STILLE NACHT" in Songs of Faith and Praise

Allen Robertson

Composer (descant) of "STILLE NACHT" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement II

Alfred Bell

1832 - 1895 Author (vs. 4,5) of "Silent night, holy night" in Hymns of the Church 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)