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Oluf H. Smeby

1851 - 1929 Translator (from Norwegian) of "Abide with Us, the Day Is Waning" in The Cyber Hymnal

1800 - 1866 Person Name: Herman A. Timm, 1800-1866 Author of "Arise, My Soul, This New Year's Morning" in The Cyber Hymnal Herman Andreas Timm born 28 October 1800. Death 4 november 1866 in Magleby on Amager, where he served as a priest. Psalm Author represented in the Danish Psalmebog for Kirke go Hjem. https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Andreas_Timm

C. W. Foss

1855 - 1935 Person Name: Claude W. Foss Translator of "Let, O My Soul, Thy God Direct Thee" in The Hymnal and Order of Service Born: August 28, 1855, Geneva, Illinois. Died: February 8, 1935, Rock Island, Illinois. Son of Swedish immigrants, Foss attended the Red Wing College institute at Red Wing, Minnesota, then entered Augustana College at Rock Island, Illinois, in 1879. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in June 1883. In 1884, he became professor of history and political science at Augustana College. In 1888 he became vice-president of the college, and served until 1900. On the death of Dr. T. N. Hasselquist he was acting president until the election of Dr. Olof Olsson as president in 1891. Upon Olsson’s death, Foss again served as acting president until Dr. Gustav Andreen became president. In addition to his academic positions, Foss was on the board of directors of the Augustana Book Concern, the Board of Home Missions for the Augustana Synod, and was treasurer of the Synod’s Board of Foreign Missions. In 1908, the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America sent him as a commissioner to inspect its mission field in southern India, where he traveled extensively (1908-09). Upon completing his work in India, he inspected the Synod’s mission in Persia in 1909, and traveled in Egypt, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, southern Russia, and south and central Europe. Foss also found time to edit the Lutheran Quarterly Review, the Augustana Journal, and the Olive Leaf, and contributed to various other magazines and periodicals. His largest literary work was Glimpses of Three Continents, a travelogue through India, the Bible lands and Europe (Augustana Book Concern, 1912). Foss belonged to the American Institute of Civics, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the American Historical Association, and the Swedish Historical Society of America. He was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church in Rock Island, Illinois. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Peter A. Sveeggen

1881 - 1959 Person Name: Peter Andrew Sveegen, 1881-1959 Translator of "A Year Again Is Now Descending" in Ambassador Hymnal

Jan Kern

Adapter of "[Accept from human hands anointed]" in Hymnal of Christian Unity

Grace Aguilar

1816 - 1847 Author of "Ah, Well It Is That God Should Read" in Union Hymnal, Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship. 3rd ed. Revised and enlarged. Grace Aguilar was a prolific Jewish writer of history, poetry, and fiction. She was the daughter of Sephardic Jews from Portugal who moved to London to escape the Inquisition. She was born June 2, 1816 in London. In early childhood she contracted an illness that left her frail and vulnerable to a number of illnesses throughout her life. Her mother taught her religion and her father read and instructed her in Jewish history. She also was interested in science and nature. She started writing stories and poetry as a child and continued writing throughout her life. Since the Jewish scriptures had not been translated into English, she would go to Protestant churches to hear the sermon and scriptures in English. Because of illness, she went to Frankfurt, Germany where her brother was studying. She died there on September 16, 1847 at the age of 31. Dianne Shapiro (from Galchinsky, Michael. "Grace Aguilar." Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. 1 March 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. (Viewed on July 26, 2015) .)

D. Engelbretsdotter

1634 - 1716 Person Name: D. Engelbretsdotter, 1634-1716 Author of "When Earth with All Its Joys Defeats Me" in Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary

William Lester

1889 - 1956 Person Name: William Lester, b. 1889 Composer (descant) of "NEUMARK (BREMEN)" in Worship and Service Hymnal Lester, Thomas William; b. 9-17-1889, Leicester, d. 12-4-56, Berrien Springs, Mich.; English organist and composer; came to the US in 1902