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Evan A. Fry

1902 - 1959 Person Name: Evan A. Fry, 1902-1959 Hymnal Number: 314 Author of "Al Daros el Consolador" in Himnos de Vida y Luz

Caroline Sheridan Norton

1808 - 1877 Person Name: Caroline E. S. Norton, 1808-1877 Hymnal Number: 195 Composer of "PROPHET" in Himnos de Vida y Luz

Edgar Brooks

1886 - 1957 Hymnal Number: 114 Author of "Las Maravillas del Amor" in Himnos de Vida y Luz

1889 - 1960 Person Name: Effie Chastain de Naylor, 1889- Hymnal Number: 319 Translator of "Alabadle, ¡Oh Niñitos Todos!" in Himnos de Vida y Luz Born in Mexico in 1889 to parents from the U.S. who were missionaries. She married George Dent Naylor, a Methodist missionary and they worked in Guantánamo. She was a composer and choir director. Her music is widely used in Cuban churches. Dianne Shapiro, from A Social History of Cuban's Protestants: God and the Nation, by James A.Baer (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019)

John H. Maunder

1858 - 1920 Person Name: John H. Maunder, 1858-1920 Hymnal Number: 309 Composer of "THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD" in Himnos de Vida y Luz John Henry Maunder United Kingdom 1858-1920. Born at Chelsea, England,,the son of a carpenter, he attended the Royal Academy of Music. He began his career as a theatre composer, but later specialized in sacred music for the Anglican Church. He became an author and composer, as well as a musician. He was organist at St. Matthew’s, Sydenham (1876-77); St. Paul’s, Forest hill (1878-1879); and at churches in Blackheath and Sutton. He married Ellen Fanny Fulgoux Dakin, and they had a daughter, Winifred. He provided musical accompaniment for concerts in Albert Hall, and, in 1881, conducted the Civil Service Vocal Union. He wrote about 20 church anthems, 10 cantatas, several carols, tunes for around 30 hymns, 19 songs and ballads, 12 services and canticles, two operettas, and six instrumentals. His best known cantata was “Olivet to Calvary”. He was known for his good musical style and great technical facility. His compositions were full of melodic ideas and were written for ease of interpretation. He died at West Brompton, London, England. John Perry

Nicolás Martínez

1917 - 1972 Person Name: N. Martínez Hymnal Number: 62 Translator (es. 1) of "Oh Padre de la Humanidad" in Himnos de Vida y Luz

Marianne Hearn

1834 - 1909 Person Name: Marianne Hearn, 1834-1909 Hymnal Number: 54 Author of "Tal Como Soy" in Himnos de Vida y Luz See Marianne Farningham.

Samuel Gilman

1791 - 1858 Person Name: Samuel Gilman, 1791-1858 Hymnal Number: 224 Translator (English) of "A Este Niño Da, Oh Dios" in Himnos de Vida y Luz Gilman, Samuel, D.D., was born at Gloucester, Massachusetts, Feb. 16, 1791; graduated at Harvard, 1811, and was a tutor there from 1817 to 1819. In 1819 he became the pastor of a Unitarian congregation at Charlestown, South Carolina, and retained the same to his death. He died at Kingston, Mass., Feb. 9, 1858. His hymns include:— 1. 0 God, accept the sacred hour. Holy Communion. Contributed to Dr. Harris's Hymns for the Lord's Supper , July, 1820, republished in Sewall's Unitarian Collection, New York, 1820, and in later collections. 2. We sing Thy mercy, God of love. Holy Communion. Published as in the case of No. 1. 3. Yes, to the [that] last command. Holy Communion. Published as in the case of Nos. 1 & 2. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Charles Derry

1826 - 1921 Person Name: Charles Derry, 1826-1921 Hymnal Number: 38 Author of "Reunidos todos en Tu Altar" in Himnos de Vida y Luz Born: July 25, 1826, Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England. Died: July 16, 1921, Woodbine, Iowa. Buried: Woodbine Cemetery, Woodbine, Iowa. Derry emigrated to America with his family in 1854, where he united with the Reorganized Church on March 3, 1861. That same day he was ordained an elder; August 3, 1861, a seventy; April 8, 1965, an apostle, serving in that office five years; president of the High Priests’ Quorum (1874-1901); a High Councilor (1890-1903); an evangelical minister, June 8, 1902, which office he held until his death. On December 6, 1862, he was sent to England as a missionary and was abroad two years. --www.hymntime.com/tch