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Herbert Stephen Irons

1834 - 1905 Person Name: H. S. Irons Arranger of "[While shepherds watched their flocks by night]" in Carols Old and Carols New 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

Albert G. Methfessel

1785 - 1869 Person Name: Methfessel Composer of "METHFESSEL" in The Assembly Hymn and Song Collection Albert Gottlieb Methfessel; b. Statilm, Thueringen, 1785; d. heckenbeck, 1869 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

J. Henry Showalter

1864 - 1947 Composer of "[While shepherds watched their flocks by night]" in Kingdom Songs

J. H. Leslie

Composer of "[While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night]" in Pearly Portals

McNeil Robinson

b. 1943 Person Name: MacNeil Robinson II, b. 1943 Composer of "HAMPTON (Robinson)" in The Hymnal 1982

James Hott Ruebush

1865 - 1948 Person Name: J. H. Ruebush Composer of "[While shepherds watched their flocks by night]" in Crowning Day No. 2

George E. Oliver

Person Name: G. E. Oliver Composer of "YULE-TIDE SONG" in The Students' Hymnal

Supply Belcher

1751 - 1836 Person Name: Supply Belcher (1751-1826) Composer of "CAROL" in An American Christmas Harp Samuel (or Supply) Belcher of Farmington,Me., published 1794 "The Harmony of Maine;" an original composition of psalm and hymn tunes; was a teacher of music. This man, or one of his name, published at Hallowell Me., where he then resided, 1830, "Harmony of Music." A Dictionary of Musical Information by John W. Moore, Boston: Oliver, Ditson & Company, 1876