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Herbert Stephen Irons

1834 - 1905 Person Name: Herbert S. Irons Composer of "SOUTHWELL " in The Hymnal Born: January 19, 1834, Canterbury, Kent, England. Died: June 29, 1905, Nottingham, England. Irons was a nephew of the brothers Stephen & George Elvey. He became a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral under T. E. Jones. After studying music under Stephen Elvey at Oxford, he was appointed organist at St. Columba’s College, a large public school at Rathfarnham, near Dublin, Ireland. He stayed there only a few months before being offered the position of organist at Southwell Minister. From Southwell, he went to Chester as assistant organist to Frederic Gunton. Three years later, he accepted an appointment at St. Andrew’s Church, Nottingham, where he remained until his death. --www.hymntime.com/tch

Joseph Bromehead

1747 - 1826 Alterer of "Jerusalem, my happy home" in The Hymnal Bromehead, Joseph, M.A., was born in 1748 and educated at Queen's College, Oxford; B.A. 1768, M.A. 1771. Subsequently he was Curate of Eckington, Derbyshire, to his death, January 30, 1826. He was the author of The Melancholy Student, 2nd edition 1776, of some Psalm versions, and the popular form of “Jerusalem, my happy home," q.v. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

James C. Wade

Arranger of "HOLY CROSS" in The Haverford School Hymnal

T. Worsley Staniforth

1845 - 1909 Composer of "JERUSALEM" in The Hymnal

M. M. Bridges

1863 - 1949 Person Name: M. M. B. Arranger of "[Jerusalem, my happy home]" in Hymns

Stacy G. Potts

b. 1858 Person Name: S. G. Potts Composer of "[Jerusalem, my happy home]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

Simeon Grosvenor

Person Name: S. Grosvenor Composer of "JERUSALEM" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes

William Dickson

1817 - 1889 Person Name: Dickson Author of "Jerusalem, my happy home!" in Methodist Hymn-Book Dickson, William, eldest surviving son of the late James Dickson, Edinburgh, was born at Edinburgh, July 24, 1817. After being educated at the High School and University of Edinburgh, he entered his father's business, which he still [1887] carries on. He is a prominent elder in the Free Church, has for many years taken a great interest in Sabbath School work, and has for more than 30 years edited The Free Church Children's Record. He has annually written a New Year's hymn since 1842. "Childhood's years are passing o'er us," his best known hymn, originally printed in 1841, as a leaflet for class use, was, in 1846, included in the 2nd part of the Sacred Song Book (see Bateman), and has since been included in many hymnals. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ==================== Dickson, William , p. 293, ii. He died at Edinburgh, April 5, 1889. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

John H. Dickson

Person Name: John M. Dickson Author of "Jerusalem, my happy home" in Westminster Sabbath School Hymnal, a collection of hymns and tunes for use in sabbath-schools and social meetings