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Walter Greatorex

1877 - 1949 Person Name: Walter Greatorex (1877-1949) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Composer of "WOODLANDS" in Ancient and Modern Walter Greatorex (b. Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, 1877; d. Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, 1949) was director of music at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, where from 1911-1936. Before that he served as assistant music master at Uppingham School in Rutland (1900-1910). Greatorex's musical education began as a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, England, and he received his university music training at St. John's College, Cambridge. Bert Polman

R. L. Pearsall

1795 - 1856 Person Name: Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795-1856) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Arranger of "IN DULCI JUBILO" in Ancient and Modern

Christopher Gower

b. 1939 Person Name: Christopher Gower (b. 1939) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Composer (descant) of "MONKLAND" in Ancient and Modern Christopher Stainton Gower. Organist and chorus master

D. T. Niles

1908 - 1970 Person Name: Daniel Thambyrajah Niles (1908-1970) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Author of "Father in heaven" in Ancient and Modern

Arthur Campbell Ainger

1841 - 1919 Person Name: Arthur Campbell Ainger (1841-1919) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Author of "God is working his purpose out" in Ancient and Modern Ainger, Arthur Campbell, M.A., son of the Rev. F. A. Ainger, incumbent of Hampstead, Middlesex; born in 1841, educated Trinity College, Cambridge, 1st Class Class. Trip. 1864, Assistant Master at Eton 1864-1901. Author of Eton Songs, 1901-2; Carmen Etonense, Vale, &c, and joint author with H. G. Winkle, M.A., of an English-Latin Verse Dictionary. Mr. Ainger's hymns in common use are the following :— 1. God is working His purpose out. [Missions.] Written and first published in 1894, with Dedication to Archbishop Benson. It was given in Church Hymns, 1903, Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1904, and other collections. 2. God of our Fathers, unto Thee. [National Thanksgiving.] Included in English Hymnal, 1906. 3. Let all our brethren join in one. [Harvest.] Included in C. W. A. Brooke's Additional Hymns, 1903. 4. Let God arise to lead forth those. [In Time of War.] Written in 1900, and first printed in the Times the same year. Subsequently pub. by Novello & Co., with music by Sir J. Stainer, and included in Church Hymns, 1903, and Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1904. 5. Like a mighty man rejoicing in his strength. [Missions.] Written by request for the S.P.G. Centenary, and published in the Centenary collection of Hymns, 1901. 6. Not ours to mourn and weep. [Lent. For the Young.] First published in the Public School Hymn Book, 1903. 7. On them who here, 0 Lord. [Holy Matrimony.] A Wedding Hymn, published with music by Novello & Co., 1903. A most acceptable addition to hymns for Holy Matrimony. 8. Praise the Lord: to-day we raise Hymns of thankfulness and praise. [For Victory] Written in 1902, and first printed in the Times, and t' en, with music, by Novello & Co. Included in Church Hymns, 1903. 9. Praise the Lord! to-day we sing. Birthday of our Founder King. [For Founder's Day.] Written for use at Eton, and included in Eton Songs, 1891-2, as "Hymn for Founder's Day." Admirably suited, with slight change in the opening line, for any Public School. 10. Uprose the stately temple. [Dedication of a School Chapel]. Written in 1891, and published in his Eton Songs, 1891-2. Mr. Ainger has written several other hymns, including one for the Coronation of King Edward VII., a Thanksgiving Hymn for his recovery from sickness (Skeffingtons), and others not in common use. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

I-to Loh

b. 1936 Person Name: I-to Loh (b. 1936) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Paraphraser of "Come all you people" in Ancient and Modern

Francis B. Westbrook

1903 - 1975 Person Name: Francis Brotherton Westbrook (1903-1975) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Arranger of "WERE YOU THERE" in Ancient and Modern

Richard Whately

1787 - 1863 Person Name: Richard Whateley (1787 - 1863) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Author (v. 2) of "God, that madest earth and heaven" in Ancient and Modern Whately, Richard, D.D., born in London, Feb. 1, 1787; educated at Oriel College, Oxford; Bampton Lecturer, 1822; Principal of St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, 1825; and Archbishop of Dublin, 1831. He died in Dublin, Oct. 8, 1863. His association with hynmody is very slight. In 1860 he published his Lectures on Prayer, in which were several translations of German hymns by his eldest daughter, Miss Emma Jane Whately. Dean Dickinson, from whom we have received this information, also says that the Archbishop's hymn "Thou to Whom all power is given" (Lent), was written circa 1830. It was first published in the 1st edition of the Irish Church Hymnal, 1855. The Archbishop's youngest daughter, Blanche, was also a writer of hymns. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Robert Willis

b. 1947 Person Name: Robert Willis (b. 1947) Topics: Children and All-Age Worship Author of "For the light is stronger than the darkness" in Ancient and Modern Priest of the Church of England, Dean o Canterbury Canterbury (2001-. ). Previously (1992-2000) Dean of Hereford Cathedral.