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John Stanley
1712 - 1786 Hymnal Number: 311 Composer of "WORCESTER" in The Children's Hymn Book b. 1/17/1712 in London; d. 5/19/1786 in London; English composer and organist
John Stanley
Cyril Bowdler
1839 - 1918 Hymnal Number: 174 Composer of "BOWDLER, No. 178" in The Children's Hymn Book Bowdler was an English organist and composer.
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Cyril Bowdler
Edwin George Monk
1819 - 1900 Person Name: E. G. Monk, Mus. Doc. Hymnal Number: 194 Composer of "THE MANY MANSIONS" in The Children's Hymn Book
Edwin George Monk
Edmund S. Carter
1845 - 1923 Person Name: Rev. E. S. Carter Hymnal Number: 5 Composer of "DAY BY DAY" in The Children's Hymn Book Born: February 3, 1845, New Malton, Yorkshire, England.
Died: May 23, 1923, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.
Carter attended Worcester College, Oxford (BA & MA 1871). He was ordained deacon in 1871, and priest in 1872. He served as Curate of Christ Church, Ealing, Middlesex (1871-75); Vicar choral of York Minster (1875); Rector of St. Martin, Micklegate, York (1877-82); and Vicar of St. Michael Belfry, York (1882).
Music:
DAY BY DAY
WREFORD
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Edmund S. Carter
John Farmer
1836 - 1901 Hymnal Number: 412 Composer of "[In the field with their flocks abiding]" in The Children's Hymn Book Born: August 16, 1835, Nottingham, England.
Died: July 17, 1901, at his home in Oxford, England.
Buried: St. Sepulchre’s Cemetery, Jericho, Oxford, England.
Eldest child of butcher John Farmer and milliner Mary Blackshaw Farmer, John learned to play the piano, violin, and harp when young. He was apprenticed to his uncle Henry Farmer, an organist, composer, and music teacher with a music and musical instrument business in Nottingham. At age 14, John went to study at the Leipzig Conservatory, then three years later under Andreas Spaeth in Coburg for a year. He returned to England in 1853, and entered his father’s lace business. After his mother’s death in 1856, he went to Zürich, Switzerland, where he taught music. He returned to England again in 1861, and became music master of Harrow School in 1864, staying there until 1885. He then accepted an invitation to become organist at at Balliol College, Oxford, where he founded the Balliol Concerts.
During his career, Farmer composed oratorios, cantatas, church music, chamber music and numerous school songs, especially for Harrow School. One of his best known compositions was "Forty Years On," which he wrote at Harrow in 1872. While at Balliol, he composed Warwick School’s first school song, "Here’s a Song For All", in 1892. His other works include:
Cinderella
The oratorio Christ and His Soldiers
The cricketing song "Willow the King"
Music: FARMER
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John Farmer
S. J. Rowton
1844 - 1930 Person Name: Rev. S. J. Rowton Hymnal Number: 169 Composer of "EPSOM COLLEGE" in The Children's Hymn Book S.J. Rowton, M.A., Assistant-master at Grove House School, South Hackney
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S. J. Rowton
Thomas Turton
1780 - 1864 Person Name: Bishop Turton Hymnal Number: 118 Composer of "ST. ETHELDREDA" in The Children's Hymn Book Turton, Thomas; b. 25 Feb. 1780 Yorkshire, England; d. 7 Jan. 1864 London; clergyman and scholar
Thomas Turton
William Boyd
1847 - 1928 Person Name: W. Boyd Hymnal Number: 211b Composer of "PETROX" in The Children's Hymn Book William Boyd Jamaica 1847-1928. Born at Montego Bay, he studied under Sabine-Baring Gould, and attended Worcester College,Oxford. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1877, eventually becoming Vicar at All Saints Church, Norfolk Square, London.
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William Boyd
Frederick A. J. Hervey
1846 - 1910 Person Name: Rev. F. A. J. Hervey Hymnal Number: 88 Composer of "UPTON PYNE" in The Children's Hymn Book Born: May 18, 1846, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
Died: August 8, 1910, Norwich, England.
Buried: St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Sandringham, Norfolk, England.
Son of Alfred, Lord Hervey, Frederick was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1868, MA 1872). He was ordained a deacon in 1869, and priest in 1870. He served as Rector of Upton-Pyne, Devon (1876); Sandringham (1878-1907); Canon of Norwich (1897); and Domestic Chaplain to King Edward VII (1901).
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Frederick A. J. Hervey
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