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Théodore Monod

1836 - 1921 Person Name: Rev. Theodore Monod Hymnal Number: 363 Author of "None of self and all of thee" in Church Hymns and Gospel Songs Monod, Theodore, son of F. Monod, Pastor in the French Reformed Church, was born in Paris, Nov. 6, 1836, and educated for the ministry at Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. He entered the ministry in 1860, and has been many years a Pastor in Paris. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

William Vincent Wallace

1812 - 1865 Person Name: William V. Wallace Hymnal Number: 69 Composer of "SERENITY" in Church Hymns and Gospel Songs

Annie Herbert

1844 - 1932 Hymnal Number: 320 Author of "When the Mists have Rolled Away" in Church Hymns and Gospel Songs Annie Elvira Hubbart (Herbert) Barker USA 1844-1932. Born in Leon, NY, she received some education at Randolph Academy in her home county. She later taught there herself. Gospel songs were becoming popular in evangelistic services in the 19th century. She became a successful public recitalist, studying at the Buffalo School of Oratory and with Anna Randall Diehl of New York and Professor Leonard of Boston. After marrying in 1879, she moved to Montana with her husband, from that area. Along with other pioneers. She claimed those years as the best of her life. In 1888 they moved again to San Rafael, CA, he being an invalid at that time. She lived there the rest of her life. John Perry

Virgil Corydon Taylor

1817 - 1891 Person Name: Virgil C. Taylor Hymnal Number: 173 Composer of "LOUVAN" in Church Hymns and Gospel Songs

Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee

1786 - 1868 Person Name: Xavier Schnyder Hymnal Number: 42 Composer of "HORTON" in Church Hymns and Gospel Songs

Darius E. Jones

1815 - 1881 Hymnal Number: 21 Composer of "STOCKWELL" in Church Hymns and Gospel Songs

Garret Colley Wellesley, Earl of Mornington

1735 - 1781 Person Name: G. C. Wellesly Hymnal Number: 6 Composer of "MORNINGTON" in Church Hymns and Gospel Songs Garret Colley Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, father of the Duke of Wellington; b. Dongan, Ireland, 1735; d. there, 1781 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Thomas Hayward

Person Name: Hayward Hymnal Number: 12 Author of "Welcome, delightful morn" in Church Hymns and Gospel Songs

C. C. Cox

1816 - 1882 Person Name: Christopher C. Cox Hymnal Number: 21 Author of "Silently the shades of evening" in Church Hymns and Gospel Songs Cox, Christopher Christian, M.D., was a Maryland physician, and long prominent in the public service. Born at Baltimore, Aug. 28, 1816, and graduated at Yale College, 1835. He practised medicine in Baltimore, 1838, and in Talbot County, Maryland, 1843. In 1861 he became Brigade Surgeon U. S. A., and resided in Washington. He died Nov. 25, 1882. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. His hymns in common use are:— 1. Silently the shades of evening. Evening. Written in 1840 or 1846, and published in Woodworth's Cabinet, 1847, with music. It is much used in American hymn-books. 2. The burden of my sins, 0 Lord. Lent. Appeared in the Cantate Domino, Boston, 1859, together with two additional originals and two translations. These hymns are unknown to English collections. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)