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Albert F. Bayly

1901 - 1984 Person Name: Albert F. Bayly, 1901-1984 Author of "O Lord of every shining constellation" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New Albert F. Bayly was born on September 6, 1901, Bexhill on Sea, Sussex, England. He received his education at London University (BA) and Mansfield College, Oxford. Bayly was a Congregationalist (later United Reformed Church) minister from the late 1920s until his death in 1984. His life and ministry spanned the Depression of the 1930s, the Second World War, and the years of reconstruction which followed. After retiring in 1971, he moved to Springfield, Chelmsford, and was active in the local United Reformed Church. He wrote several pageants on mission themes, and librettos for cantatas by W. L. Lloyd Webber. He died on July 26, 1984 in Chichester, Sussex, England. NN, Hymnary editor. Sources: www.hymntime.com/tch and Church Times, an Anglican newspaper, Tuesday 20 October 2015

F. W. H. Myers

1843 - 1901 Person Name: F. W. H. Myers, 1843-1901 Author of "Hark what a sound, and too divine for hearing" in Songs of Praise

William Vaughan Jenkins

1868 - 1920 Person Name: William Vaughan Jenkins (1868-1920) Author of "O loving Lord, who art for ever seeking" in Christian Praise Born: September 6, 1868, Bristol, England. Died: June 30, 1920, Bitton, Gloucestershire, England. Jenkins attended Bristol Grammar School and became an accountant like his father. He was active in the mission field, and developed associations with the Tyndale Baptist Church, Highbury Congregational Church, and his own parish church in Bitton. He also served as secretary to the Adult School Union in Bristol, belonged to the National Council of the Adult School Movement, and helped compile the 1909 Fellowship Hymn Book. --www.hymntime.com/tch

Frank Fletcher

1870 - 1954 Person Name: Sir Frank Fletcher Author of "O Son of Man, our Hero strong and tender" in The Book of Common Praise Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, served as Assistant Master at Rugby (1894-1903), Master of Marlborough College (1903-11) (the first layman to hold that post), and Headmaster of Charterhouse, Godalming (1911-35). He was knighted for his distinguished career. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Thomas Wood

1892 - 1950 Composer of "ST. OSYTH" in The Book of Common Praise b. 11-28-1892, Chorley, Lancashire, d. 11-19-50, Bures, Essex; composer, author LOC Name Authority File

Theodore Wood

Person Name: Thomas Wood, 1892-1950 Composer of "ST OSYTH" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

Edith Clayton

Author of "Father, we come, with youth and vigor pressing" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940

James Raymond Hord

1918 - 1968 Person Name: James Raymond Hord, 1918-1968 Author of "Lord God Almighty, King Of All Creation" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Hord, James Raymond (Ilderton, Ontario, December 14, 1918--March 1, 1968, Toronto, Ont.). United Church. University of Western Ontario (London), B.A>, 1939; Union Theological Seminary, S.T.M., 1946. Pastorates (in Saskatchewan) at Eastend, 1942-1945; Francis, 1946-1948; and Regina, 1948-1949; Toronto, 1959-1963. Secretary for Evangelism and Social Service, United Church of Canada, 1963-1968. Noted for his intensity of his concern over social injustices which the church had a hope of setting right or at least exposing. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

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