Historic hymnists
By the Rev. Charles S. Nutter author of "Hymn Studies"
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| Addison, Joseph (b. 1672 d. 1719) | public servant, man of letters |
| Alford, Henry (b. 1810 d. 1871) | psalmodist |
| Baxter, Richard (b. 1615 d. 1691) | hymn writer |
| Bethune, George Washington (b. 1805 d. 1862) | hymnologist |
| Bonar, Horatius (b. 1808 d. 1889) | minister, editor |
| Bowring, John (b. 1792 d. 1872) | hymn writer |
| Bryant, William Cullen (b. 1794 d. 1878) | poet |
| Byrom, John (b. 1692 d. 1763) | hymn writer |
| Cennick, John (b. 1718 d. 1755) | hymn writer |
| Cowper, William (b. 1731 d. 1800) | hymn writer |
| Crosby, Fanny Jane (b. 1820 d. 1915) | poet, hymn writer |
| Davies, Samuel (b. 1723 d. 1761) | hymnologist, presbyterian minister |
| Doane, George Washington (b. 1799 d. 1859 a. 1824) | PDM~ |
| Doddridge, Philip (b. 1702) | psalmodist, trombone |
| Dwight, Timothy (b. 1752 d. 1817) | poet, author of hymn texts |
| Elliott, Charlotte (b. 1789 d. 1871) | psalmodist, hymnist |
| Faber, Frederick William (b. 1814 d. 1863) | psalmodist |
| Fawcett, John (b. 1740 d. 1817) | hymn writer |
| Flint, James (b. 1779 d. 1855) | hymn writer |
| Follen, Eliza Lee (b. 1787 d. 1860) | hymn writer |
| Gerhardt, Paul (b. 1607 d. 1676) | poet |
| Gilman, Caroline (Howard) (b. 1794 d. 1888) | hymn writer |
| Gilman, Samuel (b. 1791 d. 1858) | hymnologist |
| Gilmore, Joseph Henry (b. 1834 d. 1918) | hymnologist |
| Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres de la Mothe (b. 1648 d. 1717) | hymnologist |
| Hastings, Thomas (b. 1784 d. 1872) | composer, tunebook compiler |
| Havergal, Frances Ridley (b. 1836 d. 1879) | hymn writer |
| Haweis, Thomas (b. 1734 d. 1820) | hymn writer |
| Heber, Reginald (b. 1783 d. 1826) | hymn writer, vicar |
| Herbert, George (b. 1593 d. 1633) | poet |
| Huntingdon, Selina Shirley Hastings (b. 1707 d. 1791) | hymn writer |
| James, Mary Dagworthy (b. 1810 d. 1883) | hymn writer |
| Keble, John (b. 1792 d. 1866) | hymn writer |
| Ken, Thomas (b. 1637 d. 1710) | hymn writer |
| Leland, John (b. 1754 d. 1841) | hymnologist |
| Livermore, Sarah White (b. 1789 d. 1874) | hymn writer |
| Luther, Martin (b. 1483 d. 1546) | reformer, theologian |
| Mason, John (b. 1640s d. 1694) | cast, harp |
| Medley, Samuel (b. 1738 d. 1799) | minister, hymnwriter |
| Montgomery, James (b. 1771 d. 1854) | author, director |
| Newman, John Henry (b. 1801 d. 1890) | cardinal, hymn writer |
| Newton, John (b. 1725 d. 1807) | cast, hymn writer |
| Norton, Andrews (b. 1786 d. 1853) | hymn writer |
| Olivers, Thomas [Oliver] (b. 1725 d. 1799) | preacher, hymnwriter |
| Palmer, Ray (b. 1808 d. 1887) | pastor, hymn writer |
| Pray, Lewis Glover (b. 1793 d. 1882) | hymn writer |
| Prentiss, Elizabeth Payson (b. 1818 d. 1878) | hymnologist |
| Smith, Samuel Francis (b. 1808 d. 1895) | hymnologist |
| Sprague, Charles (b. 1791 d. 1875) | hymn writer |
| Stennett, Samuel (b. 1727 d. 1795) | hymn writer |
| Tappan, William Bingham (b. 1794 d. 1849) | hymnologist |
| Taylor, Thomas Rawson (b. 1807 d. 1835) | hymn writer |
| Toplady, Augustus Montague (b. 1740 d. 1778) | hymn writer |
| Watts, Isaac (b. 1674 d. 1748) | hymn writer, miscellaneous 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 |
| Whittier, John Greenleaf (b. 1807 d. 1892) | poet, author of hymn texts |
| Willard, Samuel (b. 1776 d. 1859) | composer, Pastor |