Hymns and hymn-makers
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| Adam de Saint Victor (d. 1199 died: 1192) | writer of prosae (texts not melodies) |
| Alderson, Eliza Sibbald (b. 1818 d. 1889) | hymn writer |
| Alexander, Cecil Frances (b. 1818 d. 1895) | composer |
| Alford, Henry (b. 1810 d. 1871) | psalmodist |
| Altenburg, Michael (b. 1584 d. 1640) | composer, clergyman |
| Ambrose, Saint (b. 0340 d. 0397) | saint, bishop |
| Anstice, Joseph (b. 1808 d. 1836) | hymn writer |
| Aquinas, Thomas (b. 1224 d. 1274) | Domenican priest, theologian |
| Auber, Henriette [Harriet] (b. 1773 d. 1862) | hymn writer, poet |
| Austin, John (b. 1613 d. 1669) | hymn writer |
| Austin, William (b. 1587 d. 1633) | hymn writer |
| Baker, Henry Williams Sir (b. 1821 d. 1877) | musician, clergyman |
| Bakewell, John (b. 1721 d. 1819) | hymn writer |
| Baring Gould, Sabine (b. 1834 d. 1924) | clergyman, lyricist |
| Barton, Bernard (b. 1784 d. 1849) | hymn writer |
| Bateman, Christian Henry (b. 1813 d. 1889) | hymn writer |
| Bathurst, William Hiley (Bragge) (b. 1796 d. 1877) | hymn writer |
| Baxter, Richard (b. 1615 d. 1691) | hymn writer |
| Bede (b. 0673 d. 0735 a. 8th century |
writer, historian |
| Benson, Edward White (b. 1829 d. 1896) | hymn writer |
| Bernard de Cluny (a. 12th century |
| Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090 d. 1153) | statesman, theologian |
| Berridge, John (d. 1793) | hymn writer |
| Bethune, George Washington (b. 1805 d. 1862) | hymnologist |
| Bickersteth, Edward Henry (b. 1825 d. 1906) | hymn writer |
| Bilby, Thomas (b. 1794 d. 1872) | composer |
| Binney, Thomas (b. 1798 d. 1874 a. 1849) | clergyman, writer |
| Blackie, John Stuart (b. 1809 d. 1895) | hymn writer |
| Bliss, Philip Paul (b. 1838 d. 1876) | itinerant Baptist music teacher, hymn composer |
| Blunt, Abel Gerald Wilson (b. 1827 d. 1902) | hymn writer |
| Bode, John Ernest (b. 1816 d. 1874) | hymn writer |
| Bonar, Horatius (b. 1808 d. 1889) | minister, editor |
| Borthwick, Jane Laurie (b. 1813 d. 1897) | hymn writer |
| Bowring, John (b. 1792 d. 1872) | hymn writer |
| Bright, William (b. 1824 d. 1901) | hymn writer |
| Bronte, Anne (b. 1820 d. 1849) | hymn writer |
| Brooks, Phillips (b. 1835 d. 1893) | Bishop of Massachusetts |
| Browne, Simon (b. 1680 d. 1732) | Pastor, author |
| Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (b. 1809 d. 1861) | poet, hymn writer |
| Bruce, William (b. 1812 d. 1882) | hymn writer |
| Bryant, William Cullen (b. 1794 d. 1878) | poet |
| Buckworth, John (b. 1779 d. 1835) | hymn writer |
| Burns, James Drummond (b. 1823 d. 1864) | hymn writer |
| Burton, John (b. 1803 d. 1877) | hymn writer |
| Byrom, John (b. 1692 d. 1763) | hymn writer |
| Cary, Alice (b. 1820 d. 1871) | hymn writer |
| Cary, Phoebe (b. 1824 d. 1871) | hymnologist |
| Caswall, Edward (b. 1814 d. 1878) | hymn writer |
| Cennick, John (b. 1718 d. 1755) | hymn writer |
| Charteris, Archibald Hamilton (b. 1835 d. 1908) | hymn writer |
| Clarke, Samuel Childs (b. 1821 d. 1903) | hymn writer |
| Clement of Alexandria (b. 0170 d. 0220) | hymnologist |
| Clephane, Elizabeth Cecilia Curtis Douglas (b. 1830 d. 1869) | psalmodist |
| Coffin, Charles (b. 1676 d. 1749) | hymn composer |
| Collyer, William Bengo (b. 1782 d. 1854) | hymn writer |
| Conder, Joseph (b. 1789 d. 1855) | hymn writer |
| Cosin, John (b. 1594 d. 1671) | hymn writer |
| Cosmas, Saint (a. 0760) | hymn writer |
| Cousin, Anne Ross (b. 1824 d. 1906) | hymn writer |
| Cowper, William (b. 1731 d. 1800) | hymn writer |
| Coxe, Arthur Cleveland (b. 1818 d. 1896) | hymn writer |
| Crosby, Fanny Jane (b. 1820 d. 1915) | poet, hymn writer |
| Curwen, John (b. 1816 d. 1880) | congregational minister, proponent of tonic sol-fa |
| Darby, John Nelson (b. 1800 d. 1882) | hymn writer |
| Davies, Samuel (b. 1723 d. 1761) | hymnologist, presbyterian minister |
| Denny, Edward (b. 1796 d. 1889) | poet, hymnist |
| Dickson, William (b. 1817 d. 1889) | hymn writer |
| Dix, William Chatterton (b. 1837 d. 1898) | psalmodist, hymnist |
| Doddridge, Philip (b. 1702) | psalmodist, trombone |
| Doudney, Sarah (b. 1841 d. 1926) | hymn writer |
| Downton, Henry (b. 1818 d. 1885) | hymn writer |
| Duffield, George (b. 1818 d. 1888) | psalmodist |
| Duncan, Mary (b. 1814 d. 1840) | hymn writer |
| Dwight, Timothy (b. 1752 d. 1817) | poet, author of hymn texts |
| Edmeston, James (b. 1791 d. 1867) | psalmodist |
| Ellerton, John (b. 1826 d. 1893) | hymn writer |
| Elliott, Charlotte (b. 1789 d. 1871) | psalmodist, hymnist |
| Elliott, Emily Elizabeth Steele (b. 1836 d. 1897) | hymn writer |
| Faber, Frederick William (b. 1814 d. 1863) | psalmodist |
| Farrar, Frederic William (b. 1831 d. 1903) | hymn writer |
| Fawcett, John (b. 1740 d. 1817) | hymn writer |
| Flower, Sara (b. 1805 d. 1848) | poet, hymn composer |
| Flowerdew, Alice (b. 1759 d. 1830) | hymn writer |
| Fortunatus, Venantius (b. 0540 d. 0600) | poet, churchman |
| Freylinghausen, Johann Anastasius (b. 1670 d. 1739) | theologian |
| Gellert, Christian Furchtegott (b. 1715 d. 1769) | poet |
| Gerhardt, Paul (b. 1607 d. 1676) | poet |
| Gill, Thomas Hornblower (b. 1819 d. 1906) | hymn writer |
| Goadby, Frederick William (b. 1845 d. 1879) | hymn writer |
| Grant, Robert (b. 1779 d. 1838) | member of parliament, hymn writer |
| Gregory the Great (b. 0540 d. 0604) | pope, theologian |
| Grigg, Joseph (b. 1782 d. 1768) | hymn writer |
| Gurney, John Hampden (b. 1802 d. 1862) | hymn writer |
| Hart, Joseph (b. 1712 d. 1768 a. 1759-1762) | hymn writer |
| Hastings, Thomas (b. 1784 d. 1872) | composer, tunebook compiler |
| Hatch, Edwin (b. 1835 d. 1889) | hymn writer |
| Havergal, Frances Ridley (b. 1836 d. 1879) | hymn writer |
| Heber, Reginald (b. 1783 d. 1826) | hymn writer, vicar |
| Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (b. 1793 d. 1835) | poet |
| Herbert, George (b. 1593 d. 1633) | poet |
| Herbert, Petr (d. 1571) | compiler of the Moravian hymn-book |
| Hilary of Poitiers (b. 0315 d. 0367) | Latin theologist |
| Hole, Samuel Reynolds (b. 1819 d. 1904) | hymn writer |
| Holmes, Oliver Wendell (b. 1809 d. 1894) | writer |
| How, William Walsham (b. 1823 d. 1897) | Bishop, hymnist |
| Hughes, Thomas (b. 1822 d. 1896) | hymn writer |
| Irons, William Josiah (b. 1812 d. 1883) | hymn writer |
| Jacque, George (b. 1804 d. 1892 a. 1856) | clergyman, minister |
| John Damascene (b. 0675 d. 0749) | saint, Byzantine hymnographer |
| Joseph the Hymnographer (b. 0800 d. 0883) | hymnologist |
| Julian, John (b. 1839 d. 1913) | hymn writer |
| Keble, John (b. 1792 d. 1866) | hymn writer |
| Kelly, Thomas (b. 1769 d. 1855) | clarinet, evangelical preacher |
| Ken, Thomas (b. 1637 d. 1710) | hymn writer |
| Kingsley, Charles (b. 1819 d. 1875) | hymn writer |
| Knapp, Albert (b. 1798 d. 1864) | hymn writer |
| Littledale, Richard Frederick (b. 1833 d. 1890) | hymn writer |
| Lowry, Robert (b. 1826 d. 1899) | composer, compiler of Sunday school songs |
| Luke, Jemima [Thompson] (b. 1813 d. 1906) | hymn writer |
| Luther, Martin (b. 1483 d. 1546) | reformer, theologian |
| Lynch, Thomas Toke (b. 1818 d. 1871) | hymn writer, set design |
| Lyte, Henry Francis (b. 1793 d. 1847) | hymn writer |
| Macduff, John Ross (b. 1818 d. 1895) | hymn writer |
| Mackellar, Thomas (b. 1812 d. 1899) | hymnologist |
| Maclagan, William Dalrymple (b. 1826 d. 1910) | hymn composer |
| Macleod, Norman (b. 1812 d. 1872) | hymn writer |
| Mant, Richard (b. 1776 d. 1848) | hymn writer |
| Marriott, John (b. 1780 d. 1825) | hymn writer |
| Martin, Henry Arthur (b. 1831 d. 1911) | hymn writer |
| Mason, John (b. 1640s d. 1694) | cast, harp |
| Matheson, George (b. 1842 d. 1906) | theologian, hymn writer |
| McCheyne, Robert Murray (b. 1813 d. 1843) | hymn writer |
| Milman, Henry Hart (b. 1791 d. 1868) | hymn writer |
| Milton, John (b. 1608 d. 1674) | poet |
| Monod, Theodore (b. 1836 d. 1921) | hymnologist |
| Monsell, John Samuel Bewley (b. 1811 d. 1875) | hymn writer |
| Montgomery, James (b. 1771 d. 1854) | author, director |
| Neale, John Mason (b. 1818 d. 1866) | hymn writer |
| Neumark, Georg Christian (b. 1621 d. 1681 a. 1641-1643) | poet, novelist |
| Newman, John Henry (b. 1801 d. 1890) | cardinal, hymn writer |
| Newton, John (b. 1725 d. 1807) | cast, hymn writer |
| Nicolai, Philipp (b. 1556 d. 1608) | theologian, poet |
| Olivers, Thomas [Oliver] (b. 1725 d. 1799) | preacher, hymnwriter |
| Palmer, Ray (b. 1808 d. 1887) | pastor, hymn writer |
| Pennefather, William (b. 1816 d. 1873) | hymn writer |
| Perronet, Edward (b. 1726 d. 1792) | hymn writer, composer |
| Plumptre, Edward Hayes (b. 1821 d. 1891) | hymn writer |
| Pollock, Thomas Benson (b. 1836 d. 1896) | hymn writer |
| Prentiss, Elizabeth Payson (b. 1818 d. 1878) | hymnologist |
| Proctor, Adelaide Anne (b. 1825 d. 1864) | hymn writer |
| Prudentius, Aurelius Clements (b. 0348 d. 0413) | poet, hymn writer |
| Rawson, George (b. 1807 d. 1889) | hymn writer |
| Reed, Andrew (b. 1787 d. 1862) | hymn writer |
| Rinckart, Martin (b. 1586 d. 1648) | poet, clergyman |
| Robertson, William (b. 1820 d. 1864) | hymn writer |
| Robinson, Robert (b. 1735 d. 1790) | minister, hymn writer |
| Rodigast, Samuel (b. 1649 d. 1708) | hymnologist |
| Russell, Arthur Tozar (b. 1806 d. 1874) | hymn writer |
| Santeuil, Jean Baptist (b. 1630 d. 1697) | hymn writer |
| Schmolck, Benjamin (b. 1672 d. 1737) | hymnologist |
| Sears, Edmond Hamilton (b. 1810 d. 1876) | hymnologist |
| Sedulius (a. 5th century |
christian poet |
| Shairp, John Campbell (b. 1819 d. 1885) | hymn writer |
| Shekleton, Mary (b. 1827 d. 1883) | religious writer, hymnist |
| Smith, Samuel Francis (b. 1808 d. 1895) | hymnologist |
| Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn (b. 1815 d. 1881) | hymn writer |
| Steele, Anne (b. 1717 d. 1778) | hymnist |
| Stone, Samuel John (b. 1839 d. 1900) | clergyman, hymnist |
| Swain, Joseph (b. 1761 d. 1796) | hymnist Preacher |
| Synesius of Cyrene (b. 0365 d. 0414) | hymn writer |
| Taylor, Ann (b. 1782 d. 1866) | hymn writer |
| Taylor, Thomas Rawson (b. 1807 d. 1835) | hymn writer |
| Tennyson, Alfred (b. 1809 d. 1892) | composer, lyricist |
| Theodulph of Orleans (d. 0821) | Bishop of Orleans |
| Threlfall, Jennette (b. 1821 d. 1880) | hymn writer |
| Thring, Godfrey (b. 1823 d. 1903) | hymnologist |
| Tomas da Celano (b. 1190 d. 1260) | poet |
| Toplady, Augustus Montague (b. 1740 d. 1778) | hymn writer |
| Tuttiett, Lawrence (b. 1825 d. 1897) | hymnist |
| Twells, Henry (b. 1823 d. 1900) | hymn writer |
| Wardlaw, Ralph (b. 1779 d. 1853) | hymn writer |
| Waring, Anna Laetitia (b. 1823 d. 1910) | hymnist |
| Warner, Anna Bartlett (b. 1820 d. 1915) | hymnologist |
| Watts, Isaac (b. 1674 d. 1748) | hymn writer, miscellaneous writer |
| Weisse, Michael (b. 1480 d. 1534) | hymn writer |
| Wesley, Charles (b. 1707 d. 1788) | divine, hymn writer |
| Wesley, John Benjamin (b. 1703 d. 1791) | clergyman |
| White, Henry Kirke (b. 1785 d. 1806) | hymn writer |
| Whiting, William (b. 1825 d. 1878) | hymn writer |
| Whittier, John Greenleaf (b. 1807 d. 1892) | poet, author of hymn texts |
| Williams, Isaac (b. 1802 d. 1865) | hymn writer |
| Williams, William (b. 1717 d. 1791) | hymn writer |
| Wither, George (b. 1588 d. 1667) | hymn writer, religious poet |
| Wordsworth, Christopher (b. 1807 d. 1885) | hymn writer |
| Young, Andrew (b. 1807 d. 1889) | hymn writer |