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W. J. Birkbeck

1859 - 1916 Person Name: W. J. B. Hymnal Number: 621 Translator of "Glory and praise and dominion be thine" in The English Hymnal

Hymnal Number: 410 Composer of "HOLY COMFORT" in The English Hymnal Rev. R. S. Genge, M.A., vicar of Christ Church, Wolverhampton, diocese of Lichfield, appointed in 1901. from Report of the Royal Commission on ecclesiastical discipline ..., Volumes 1-2

Francisco Soto de Langa

1534 - 1619 Person Name: F. Soto, 1534-1619 Hymnal Number: 482 Composer of "LANGA" in The English Hymnal

Thomas Parnell

1679 - 1718 Person Name: T. Parnell, 1679-1717 Hymnal Number: 314 Author of "Holy Jesus! God of love!" in The English Hymnal Parnell, Thomas, M.A., was b. in Dublin in 1679, entered Trinity College in 1693 (B.A. 1697, M.A. 1700), was ordained D. 1700, P. 1703, became Archdeacon of Clogher 1706, and in 1716 Rector of Finglas, near Dublin. During a visit to England he was taken ill at Chester, where he died in Oct. 1718. His Poems, 1722, and Posthumous Works, 1758, are now remembered, if at all, by his poem “The Hermit." His hymn "Holy Jesus! God of love" (Holy Communion) appeared in 1758 as above, p. 246, and is in The English Hymnal, 1906 [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

A. M. Goodhart

b. 1866 Hymnal Number: 559 Composer of "ETONA" in The English Hymnal

Charles Guiet

1601 - 1664 Person Name: C. Guiet, 1601-64 Hymnal Number: 171 Author of "O Word of God above" in The English Hymnal Guiet, Charles, a Jesuit, born at Tours in 1601. Taught classical literature and moral theology. He was also a preacher and experienced in the ceremonial of the Church. He wrote a work on the order of reciting the divine offices and died at Tours, March 30, 1664. Jöcher Gelehrten-Lexikon. Miller places his death about 1684. Some of his hymns were given in the Paris Breviary, 1736. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology

John Milton

1563 - 1647 Person Name: J. Milton, d. 1647 Hymnal Number: 472 Harmonizer of "YORK" in The English Hymnal Father of the poet, b. Stanton St. John, nr. Oxford, ca. 1563; d. London, buried 3-15-1647; English amateur composer

Paul, the Deacon

720 - 799 Person Name: Paulus Diaconus Hymnal Number: 223b Author of "Let thine example, holy John, remind us" in The English Hymnal Paul the Deacon [Paulus Diaconus], son of Warnefrid or Winefrid, was born at Frinli, in Italy, circa 730. He studied at Pavia. For some time he was tutor to Adelperga, daughter of Desiderius, the last of the Lombard kings, and then lived at the court of her husband, Arichisius of Beneveuto. Eventually he became a monk at Monte Cassino, where he died circa 799. He was the author of several works, including Be Gest. Langobardorum. His hymn, “Ut queant laxis resonare fibris," is in three parts. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Joseph Anstice

1808 - 1836 Person Name: J. Anstice, 1808-36 Hymnal Number: 13 Author of "When came in flesh the incarnate Word" in The English Hymnal Anstice, Joseph , M.A., son of William Anstice of Madeley, Shropshire, born 1808, and educated at Enmore, near Bridgwater, Westminster, and Ch. Church, Oxford, where he gained two English prizes and graduated as a double-first. Subsequently, at the ago of 22, he became Professor of Classical Literature at King's College, London; died at Torquay, Feb. 29, 1836, aged 28. His works include Richard Coeur de Lion, a prize poem, 1828; The Influence of the Roman Conquest upon Literature and the Arts in Rome (Oxford prize Essay); Selections from the Choice Poetry of the Greek Dramatic Writers, translated into English Verse, 1832, &c. His hymns were printed a few months after his death, as:— Hymns by the late Joseph Anstice, M.A., formerly Student of Christ Church, Oxford, and Professor of Classical Literature, King’s College, London, Bridgwater, 1836, and thus introduced:— "As none of the following Hymns had the advantage of being corrected and prepared for the press by their lamented Author, his family have not considered themselves at liberty to bring them before the public; but, having reason to believe that a large circle of surviving friends will be gratified by possessing a memorial of the manner in which some of his leisure hours were employed, and of the subjects which chiefly occupied his thoughts, during the last few months of his life, they have consented to their being printed for private distribution.—-Bridgwater, June, 1836." This work contains 52 hymns on various subjects, together with a poem "To my Hymn Book." The circumstances under which they were written are thus detailed by Mrs. Anstice in a communication to the Rev. Josiah Miller, author of Singers and Songs of the Church:— "The hymns were all dictated to his wife during the last few weeks of his life, and were composed just at the period of the day (the afternoon) when he felt the oppression of his illness—all his brighter morning hours being given to pupils up to the very day of his death."-—S. & S., p. 495. A few of the hymns are of a joyful character, but the circumstances under which they were written account for the prevailing tone of sadness by which they are chiefly characterized. About one half of these hymns were included by Mrs. Yonge in her Child's Christian Year, 1841. Being thus brought before the public, many soon came into common use. Those in most extensive use are: "Father, by Thy love and power;" "In all things like “Thy brethren, Thou;" "Lord of the harvest, once again;" and, "O Lord, how happy should we be." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)