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E. E. Hewitt

1851 - 1920 Person Name: Eliza E. Hewitt (1851-1920) Author of "When We All Get to Heaven" in Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

Charles H. Webb

b. 1933 Person Name: Charles H. Webb Harmonizer of "HEAVEN" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement II

Alton H. Howard

1925 - 2006 Person Name: Alton Howard Arranger of "HEAVEN" in Songs of Faith and Praise

H. C. Ball

1896 - 1989 Translator of "Canten del Amor de Cristo" in Himnario Bautista

Emily D. Wilson

1865 - 1942 Person Name: Emily D. Wilson (1865-1942) Composer of "HEAVEN (Wilson)" in Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal Emily Divine Wilson; Mrs. J.G. Wilson; b. May 24, 1865, Philadelphia, Pa.; d. June 23, 1942, Philadelphia, Pa.; wife of Methodist minister John G. Wilson. LOC Name Authority Files