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Authors of the hymns
p. 532 In:
Frost, Maurice
Historical companion to hymns ancient & modern
Edited by Maurice Frost, Litt.D.
London: William Clowes, 1962, 716 p.


The above item has biographical information on:

  Abelard, Peter (b. 1079 d. 1142)   philosopher, poet
  Adam de Saint Victor (d. 1199 died: 1192)   writer of prosae (texts not melodies)
  Addison, Joseph (b. 1672 d. 1719)   public servant, man of letters
  Ainger, Arthur Campbell (b. 1841 d. 1919)   hymn writer, Elegist
  Alderson, Eliza Sibbald (b. 1818 d. 1889)   hymn writer
  Alexander, Cecil Frances (b. 1818 d. 1895)   composer
  Alford, Henry (b. 1810 d. 1871)   psalmodist
  Alington, Cyril Argentine (b. 1872 d. 1955)   hymn writer
  Allen, James (b. 1734 d. 1804)   hymn writer
  Allen, Oswald (b. 1816 d. 1878)   hymn writer
  Alston, Alfred Edward (b. 1862 d. 1927)   hymn writer
  Ambrose, Saint (b. 0340 d. 0397)   saint, bishop
  Anatolius, St. (d. 0458 a. 6th century )  
  Andrew of Crete (b. 0660 d. 0740)   hymnographer
  Angelus Silesius, Johann (b. 1624 d. 1677)   poet
  Anstice, Joseph (b. 1808 d. 1836)   hymn writer
  Antoniano, Silvio (b. 1540 d. 1603)   singer, lute
  Aquinas, Thomas (b. 1224 d. 1274)   Domenican priest, theologian
  Arkwright, John Stanhope (b. 1872 d. 1954)   hymn writer
  Armstrong, John (b. 1813 d. 1856)   hymn writer
  Auber, Henriette [Harriet] (b. 1773 d. 1862)   hymn writer, poet
  Austin, John (b. 1613 d. 1669)   hymn writer
  Baker, Henry Williams Sir (b. 1821 d. 1877)   musician, clergyman
  Barbauld, Anna Laetitia (b. 1743 d. 1825)   hymn writer
  Barber, Robert William (b. 1853 d. 1928)   hymn writer
  Baring Gould, Sabine (b. 1834 d. 1924)   clergyman, lyricist
  Baron, Barclay (b. 1884 d. 1964)   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
  Benson, Richard Meux (b. 1824 d. 1915)   hymn writer
  Bernard de Cluny (a. 12th century )  
  Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090 d. 1153)   statesman, theologian
  Besnault, Sebastian (d. 1724)   priest, hymn writer
  Bianco da Siena (d. 1434)   hymn writer
  Bickersteth, Edward Henry (b. 1825 d. 1906)   hymn writer
  Blacker, Maxwell Julius (b. 1822 d. 1888)   hymn writer
  Blake, William (b. 1757 d. 1827)   poet
  Blakeney, Edward Henry (b. 1869 d. 1955)   hymn writer
  Blunt, Abel Gerald Wilson (b. 1827 d. 1902)   hymn writer
  Bode, Alice Mary (b. 1849 d. 1924)   hymn writer
  Bode, John Ernest (b. 1816 d. 1874)   hymn writer
  Body, George (b. 1840 d. 1911)   hymn writer
  Bonar, Horatius (b. 1808 d. 1889)   minister, editor
  Bonaventura, Saint (b. 1221 d. 1274)   hymn writer
  Borthwick, Jane Laurie (b. 1813 d. 1897)   hymn writer
  Bourne, George Hugh (b. 1840 d. 1925)   priest, hymn writer
  Bourne, William St Hill (b. 1846 d. 1929)   hymn writer
  Boutflower, Cecil Henry (b. 1863 d. 1942)   hymn writer
  Brady, Nicholas (b. 1659 d. 1726)   divine, poet
  Bridaine, Jacques (b. 1701 d. 1767)   hymn writer
  Bridges, Matthew (b. 1800 d. 1894 a. 19th century )   hymn writer
  Bridges, Robert Seymour (b. 1844 d. 1930)   hymn writer
  Bright, William (b. 1824 d. 1901)   hymn writer
  Brooke, William Thomas (b. 1848 d. 1917)   hymn writer
  Brooks, Arnold (b. 1870 d. 1933)   hymn writer
  Brooks, Phillips (b. 1835 d. 1893)   Bishop of Massachusetts
  Browne, Simon (b. 1680 d. 1732)   Pastor, author
  Browne, Thomas Browne (b. 1805 d. 1874)   hymn writer
  Brownlie, John (b. 1857 d. 1925)   guitar, organ
  Bruce, Michael (b. 1746 d. 1767)   composer, hymn writer
  Brunetiere, Guillaume (d. 1702)   hymn writer
  Buckoll, Henry James (b. 1803 d. 1871)   hymn writer
  Bullock, William (b. 1798 d. 1874)   hymn writer
  Bunyan, John (b. 1628 d. 1688)   hymn writer
  Burke, Christian Caroline Anna (b. 1857 d. 1944)   hymn writer
  Burkitt, Francis Crawford (b. 1864 d. 1935)   hymn writer
  Burns, James Drummond (b. 1823 d. 1864)   hymn writer
  Butler, Henry Montagu (b. 1833 d. 1918)   hymn writer
  Byrom, John (b. 1692 d. 1763)   hymn writer
  Cameron, William (b. 1751 d. 1811)   hymn writer
  Campbell, Jane Montgomery (b. 1817 d. 1878)   hymn writer
  Campbell, Robert (b. 1814 d. 1868)   hymn writer
  Canton, William (b. 1845 d. 1926)   hymn writer
  Carlyle, Joseph Dacre (b. 1758 d. 1804)   hymn writer
  Carlyle, Thomas (b. 1795 d. 1881)   hymn writer
  Caswall, Edward (b. 1814 d. 1878)   hymn writer
  Cennick, John (b. 1718 d. 1755)   hymn writer
  Chamberlain, Thomas (b. 1810 d. 1892)   hymn composer
  Chambers, John David (b. 1805 d. 1893)   drums, hymn writer
  Chandler, John (b. 1806 d. 1875)   hymn writer
  Charteris, Archibald Hamilton (b. 1835 d. 1908)   hymn writer
  Chatfield, Allen William (b. 1808 d. 1896)   hymn writer
  Chorley, Henry Fothergill (b. 1808 d. 1872)   writer
  Churton, Edward (b. 1800 d. 1874)   hymn writer
  Clark, John Haldenby (b. 1839 d. 1888)   hymn writer
  Clarke, Charles Erskine (b. 1871 d. 1926)   hymn writer
  Claudius, Matthais (Asmus) (b. 1740 d. 1815)   poet, hymnologist
  Clausnitzer, Tobias (b. 1619 d. 1684)   hymn writer, pastor
  Clephane, Elizabeth Cecilia Curtis Douglas (b. 1830 d. 1869)   psalmodist
  Codner, Elizabeth (b. 1824 d. 1919)   hymn writer
  Coffin, Charles (b. 1676 d. 1749)   hymn composer
  Coles, Vincent Stuckey Stratton (b. 1845 d. 1929)   divine, hymnist
  Collins, Henry (b. 1827 d. 1919)   hymn writer
  Collyer, William Bengo (b. 1782 d. 1854)   hymn writer
  Colquhoun, Frances Sara (b. 1809 d. 1877)   hymn writer
  Conder, Joseph (b. 1789 d. 1855)   hymn writer
  Contes, Jean Baptiste (b. 1601 d. 1679)   dean of Paris, hymn writer
  Cooper, Edward (b. 1770 d. 1833)   composer, hymn writer
  Copeland, William John (b. 1804 d. 1885)   hymn writer
  Cornish, Katherine Deacon (b. 1849 d. 1936)   hymn writer
  Cosin, John (b. 1594 d. 1671)   hymn writer
  Cotterill, Thomas (b. 1779 d. 1823 a. 1831)   minister, hymnist
  Coverdale, Miles (b. -1488 d. 1569)   Augustinian monk
  Cowper, William (b. 1731 d. 1800)   hymn writer
  Cox, Frances Elizabeth (b. 1812 d. 1897)   hymn writer, translator
  Coxe, Arthur Cleveland (b. 1818 d. 1896)   hymn writer
  Crawford, Emily Mary (b. 1864 d. 1927)   hymn writer
  Creighton, Mandell (b. 1843 d. 1901)   hymn writer
  Cropper, Margaret Beatrice (b. 1886 d. 1980)   hymn writer
  Crosby, Fanny Jane (b. 1820 d. 1915)   poet, hymn writer
  Crossman, Samuel (b. 1624 d. 1683)   hymn writer
  Crum, John Macleod Campbell (b. 1872 d. 1958)   hymn writer
  Cummins, John James (b. 1795 d. 1867)   hymn writer
  Damian, Peter (b. 1007 d. 1072)   hymn writer
  Daniell, John Jeremiah (b. 1819 d. 1898)   hymn writer
  Darbyshire, John Russell (b. 1880 d. 1948)   hymn writer
  Dayman, Edward Arthur (b. 1807 d. 1890)   hymn writer
  Denny, Edward (b. 1796 d. 1889)   poet, hymnist
  Dix, William Chatterton (b. 1837 d. 1898)   psalmodist, hymnist
  Doane, George Washington (b. 1799 d. 1859 a. 1824)   PDM~
  Dobree, Henrietta Octavia (Baynes) (b. 1831 d. 1894)   hymn writer
  Doddridge, Philip (b. 1702)   psalmodist, trombone
  Donaldson, Augustus Blair (b. 1841 d. 1903)   hymn writer
  Douglas, Charles Winfred (b. 1867 d. 1944)   composer, clergyman
  Downton, Henry (b. 1818 d. 1885)   hymn writer
  Draper, William Henry (b. 1855 d. 1933)   hymn writer
  Drennan, William (b. 1754 d. 1820)   hymn writer
  Duffield, George (b. 1818 d. 1888)   psalmodist
  Dugmore, Ernest Edward (b. 1843 d. 1925)   hymn writer
  Eber, Paul (b. 1511 d. 1569)   hymn writer
  Edmeston, James (b. 1791 d. 1867)   psalmodist
  Edwards, Basil (b. 1846 d. 1925)   clergyman, songwriter
  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
  Ellison, John Henry Joshua (b. 1855 d. 1944)   composer
  Everest, Charles William (b. 1814 d. 1877)   hymn writer
  F.B P.   hymn writer
  Faber, Frederick William (b. 1814 d. 1863)   psalmodist
  Farrar, Frederic William (b. 1831 d. 1903)   hymn writer
  Feith, Rhijnvis (b. 1753 d. 1824)   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
  Fox, Adam (b. 1883)   hymn writer
  Francis of Assis, Saint (b. 1182 d. 1226)   hymnologist
  Franck, Johann (b. 1618 d. 1677)   lawyer, civil servant
  Frere, Walter Howard (b. 1863 d. 1938)   LIT~
  Fulbert of Chartres (d. 1028)   Bishop of Chartres, hymn writer
  Gellert, Christian Furchtegott (b. 1715 d. 1769)   poet
  Gerhardt, Paul (b. 1607 d. 1676)   poet
  Germanus of Constantinople (b. 0634 d. 0733)   ecclesiastic
  Gill, Thomas Hornblower (b. 1819 d. 1906)   hymn writer
  Gorell, Ronald (b. 1884)   hymn writer
  Gottschalk von Limburg (d. 1098)   Benedictine monk, writer of sequences
  Grant, Robert (b. 1779 d. 1838)   member of parliament, hymn writer
  Greenaway, Ada Rundall (b. 1861 d. 1937)   hymn writer
  Gregory the Great (b. 0540 d. 0604)   pope, theologian
  Grieve, James Nicol (b. 1868 d. 1954)   hymn writer
  Guiet, Charles (b. 1601 d. 1664)   hymn writer
  Gurney, Archer Thompson (b. 1820 d. 1887)   hymn writer
  Gurney, Dorothy Frances (b. 1858 d. 1932)   hymn writer
  Gurney, John Hampden (b. 1802 d. 1862)   hymn writer
  Hammond, William (b. 1719 d. 1783)   hymn writer
  Hardy, Henry Ernest ("Father Andrew") (b. 1869 d. 1946)   hymn writer
  Harland, Edward (b. 1810 d. 1890)   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
  Haweis, Thomas (b. 1734 d. 1820)   hymn writer
  Hawker, Robert Stephen (b. 1804 d. 1875)   hymn writer
  Heathcote, William Beadon (b. 1812 d. 1862)   hymn writer
  Heber, Reginald (b. 1783 d. 1826)   hymn writer, vicar
  Hensley, Lewis (b. 1824 d. 1905)   hymn writer
  Herbert, George (b. 1593 d. 1633)   poet
  Hernaman, Claudia Frances (b. 1838 d. 1898)   hymn writer
  Hewlett, John William (b. 1824 d. 1886)   hymn writer
  Hill, Rowland (b. 1744 d. 1833)   preacher, hymnist
  Hodges, George Samuel (b. 1827 d. 1899)   hymn writer
  Hole, Samuel Reynolds (b. 1819 d. 1904)   hymn writer
  Holmes, Oliver Wendell (b. 1809 d. 1894)   writer
  Hort, Fenton John Anthony (b. 1828 d. 1892)   hymn writer
  Housman, Laurence (b. 1865 d. 1959)   author, hymn writer
  How, William Walsham (b. 1823 d. 1897)   Bishop, hymnist
  Hughes, Thomas (b. 1822 d. 1896)   hymn writer
  Humphreys, Charles William (b. 1840 d. 1921)   hymn writer
  Hunt, John (b. 1827 d. 1907)   hymn writer
  Hupton, Job (b. 1762 d. 1849)   hymn writer
  Hutton, Vernon Woolaston (b. 1841 d. 1887)   hymn writer
  Ingemann, Bernhardt Severin (b. 1789 d. 1862)   writer, hymn writer
  Irons, William Josiah (b. 1812 d. 1883)   hymn writer
  Jacopone da Todi (b. -1236 d. 1306)   poet
  Jenner, Henry Lascelles (b. 1820 d. 1898)   hymn composer
  Jervois, William Henry Hammond (b. 1852 d. 1905)   hymn writer
  John Damascene (b. 0675 d. 0749)   saint, Byzantine hymnographer
  Johnson, Samuel (b. 1822 d. 1882)   hymnologist
  Jones, John Samuel (b. 1831 d. 1911)   hymn writer
  Jonson, Ben [Benjamin] (b. 1573 d. 1637)   hymn writer
  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
  Kethe, William (b. CAD2> d. 1608 a. 1559)   hymn writer
  King, John (b. 1789 d. 1858)   hymn writer
  Kingo, Thomas (b. 1634 d. 1703)   poet, hymn writer
  Kingsley, Charles (b. 1819 d. 1875)   hymn writer
  Kitchin, George William (b. 1827 d. 1912)   hymn writer
  Knapp, Albert (b. 1798 d. 1864)   hymn writer
  Langton, Stephen (b. 1160 d. 1228)   theologian, biblical scholar
  Laufenberg, Heinrich (b. 1390 d. 1460)   poet, theologian
  Leeson, Jane Eliza (b. 1809 d. 1881)   hymn writer
  Lindenborn, Heinrich (b. 1712 d. 1750)   hymn writer
  Littledale, Richard Frederick (b. 1833 d. 1890)   hymn writer
  Longfellow, Samuel (b. 1819 d. 1892)   poet, hymn writer
  Lowell, James Russell (b. 1819 d. 1891)   poet
  Lowenstern, Matthaus Apelles (b. 1594 d. 1648)   poet, composer
  Lowry, Somerset Thomas Corry (b. 1855 d. 1932)   hymn writer
  Luther, Martin (b. 1483 d. 1546)   reformer, theologian
  Lyon, Percy Hugh Beverley (b. 1893)   hymn writer
  Lyte, Henry Francis (b. 1793 d. 1847)   hymn writer
  Maclagan, William Dalrymple (b. 1826 d. 1910)   hymn composer
  MacNutt, Frederick Brodie (b. 1873 d. 1949)   hymn writer
  Mant, Richard (b. 1776 d. 1848)   hymn writer
  Markant, John (a. 1600)  
  Marriott, John (b. 1780 d. 1825)   hymn writer
  Martin, Henry Arthur (b. 1831 d. 1911)   hymn writer
  Mason, Arthur James (b. 1851 d. 1928)   hymn writer
  Mason, Jackson (b. 1833 d. 1888)   hymn writer
  Mason, John (b. 1640s d. 1694)   cast, harp
  Masterman, John Howard Bertram (b. 1867 d. 1933)   hymn writer
  Matheson, George (b. 1842 d. 1906)   theologian, hymn writer
  Mauburn, Jean (b. 1460)   hymn writer
  Maude, Mary Fawler (b. 1819 d. 1913)   hymnist, Authoress
  Meinhold, Johann Wilhelm (b. 1797 d. 1851)   hymnologist
  Merrick, James (b. 1720 d. 1769)   hymn writer
  Merryweather, Frank Bertrand (b. 1883 d. 1976)   hymn writer
  Midlane, Albert (b. 1825 d. 1909)   organ, composer
  Millard, James Edwin (b. 1823 d. 1894)   clergyman, hymn writer
  Miller, Emily Huntington (b. 1833 d. 1913)   hymn writer
  Milman, Henry Hart (b. 1791 d. 1868)   hymn writer
  Milner-Barry, Alda Marguerite (b. 1875 d. 1940)   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
  Moorsom, Robert Maude (b. 1831 d. 1911)   hymn writer
  Morgan, David Thomas (b. 1809 d. 1886)   hymn writer
  Morgan, Edmund Robert (b. 1888)   hymn writer
  Morison, John (b. 1750 d. 1798)   hymn writer
  Moultrie, Gerard (b. 1829 d. 1885)   hymn writer
  Mozley, Henry Williams (b. 1842 d. 1919)   hymn writer
  Mudie, Charles Edward (b. 1818 d. 1890)   hymn writer
  Muirhead, Lionel Boulton Campbell Lockhart (b. 1845 d. 1925)   hymn writer
  Neale, John Mason (b. 1818 d. 1866)   hymn writer
  Neander, Joachim (b. 1650 d. 1680)   theologian, poet
  Newbolt, Michael Robert (b. 1874 d. 1956)   hymn writer
  Newell, Ebenezer Josiah (b. 1853 d. 1916)   hymn writer
  Newman, Frederick William (b. 1856 d. 1931)   hymn writer
  Newman, John Henry (b. 1801 d. 1890)   cardinal, hymn writer
  Newton, John (b. 1725 d. 1807)   cast, hymn writer
  Noel, Caroline Maria (b. 1817 d. 1877)   hymn writer
  Oakeley, Frederick (b. 1802 d. 1880)   hymn writer
  Oakley, Charles Edward (b. 1832 d. 1865)   hymn writer
  Olivers, Thomas [Oliver] (b. 1725 d. 1799)   preacher, hymnwriter
  Osler, Edward (b. 1798 d. 1863)   hymn writer
  Oswald, Heinrich Sigismund (b. 1751 d. 1834 a. 1790-1725)   Schriftsteller, Kaufmann
  Oxenham, Henry Nutcombe (b. 1829 d. 1888)   hymn writer
  Palgrave, Francis Turner (b. 1824 d. 1897)   hymn writer
  Palmer, Edmund Stuart (b. 1856 d. 1931)   hymn writer
  Palmer, Ray (b. 1808 d. 1887)   pastor, hymn writer
  Palmer, William (b. 1811 d. 1879)   hymn writer
  Parsons, Richard Godfrey (b. 1882 d. 1948)   hymn writer
  Patrick, Saint (b. 0381 d. 0461)   hymn writer
  Paul the Deacon (b. -0730 d. 0799)   hymn writer
  Peckham, John (b. 1240 d. 1292)   Archbishop of Canterbury, hymn writer
  Perronet, Edward (b. 1726 d. 1792)   hymn writer, composer
  Pestel, Thomas (b. 1595 d. 1659)   hymn writer
  Philippe the Chancellor (b. -1180 d. 1236)   poet, theologian
  Phillips, Charles Stanley (b. 1883 d. 1949)   hymn writer
  Pictet, Benedict (b. 1650 d. 1710)  
  Pierpoint, Folliott Sandford (b. 1835 d. 1917)   hymn writer
  Plumptre, Edward Hayes (b. 1821 d. 1891)   hymn writer
  Pollock, Thomas Benson (b. 1836 d. 1896)   hymn writer
  Pott, Francis (b. 1832 d. 1909)   hymn writer
  Potter, Thomas Joseph (b. 1828 d. 1873)   hymn writer
  Prudentius, Aurelius Clements (b. 0348 d. 0413)   poet, hymn writer
  Prynne, George Rundle (b. 1818 d. 1903)   hymn writer
  Pusey, Philip (b. 1799 d. 1855)   hymn writer
  Rabanus Maurus (b. 0776 d. 0856)   Archbishop of Mainz
  Rankin, Jeremiah Eames (b. 1828 d. 1904)   hymn writer
  Rawnsley, Harwicke Drummond (b. 1851 d. 1920)   hymn writer
  Rawson, George (b. 1807 d. 1889)   hymn writer
  Reed, Andrew (b. 1787 d. 1862)   hymn writer
  Rees, Timothy (b. 1874 d. 1939)   hymn writer
  Richter, Ann (b. 1792 d. 1857)   hymn writer
  Rinckart, Martin (b. 1586 d. 1648)   poet, clergyman
  Ringwaldt, Bartholomaus (b. 1532 d. 1600)   pastor, hymnologist
  Rist, Johann (b. 1607 d. 1667)   theologian, poet
  Robinson, Joseph Armitage (b. 1858 d. 1933)   hymn writer
  Robinson, Richard Hayes (b. 1842 d. 1892)   composer, hymn writer
  Romanis, William (b. 1824 d. 1899)   hymn writer
  Rorison, Gilbert (b. 1821 d. 1869)   hymn writer
  Rossetti, Christina Georgina (b. 1830 d. 1894)   author, hymn writer
  Russell, Arthur Tozar (b. 1806 d. 1874)   hymn writer
  Santeuil, Claude (b. 1628 d. 1684)   hymn writer, marchand
  Santeuil, Jean Baptist (b. 1630 d. 1697)   hymn writer
  Savile, William Hale (b. 1859 d. 1925)   hymn writer
  Sayle, Amy (b. 1886 d. 1970)   hymn writer
  Schenck, Heinrich Theobald (b. 1656 d. 1727)   hymn writer
  Schmolck, Benjamin (b. 1672 d. 1737)   hymnologist
  Schutz, Johann Jakob (b. 1640 d. 1690)   lawyer, hymn writer
  Scott, Frederick George (b. 1861 d. 1944)   hymn writer
  Scott, Walter (b. 1771 d. 1832)   forfatter, guitar
  Sears, Edmond Hamilton (b. 1810 d. 1876)   hymnologist
  Sedding, Edward Douglas (b. 1884)   hymn writer
  Sedgwick, Sidney Newamn (b. 1872 d. 1941)   hymn writer
  Sedulius (a. 5th century )   christian poet
  Sewell, Elizabeth Missing (b. 1815 d. 1906)   hymn writer
  Shirley, William Walter (b. 1725 d. 1786)   hymn writer
  Singleton, Richard Corbet (b. 1810 d. 1881)   hymn writer
  Smith, Florence Margaret (b. 1886 d. 1958)   hymn writer
  Smith, Horace (b. 1836 d. 1922)   hymn writer
  Smith, Isaac Gregory (b. 1826 d. 1920)   hymn writer
  Smith, Walter Chalmers (b. 1824 d. 1908)   hymn writer
  Smyttan, George Hunt (b. 1822 d. 1870)   hymn writer
  Spitta, Philipp (b. 1801 d. 1859)   theologian, author
  Spring-Rice, Cecil Arthur (b. 1859 d. 1918)   hymn writer
  Stainer, John Frederick Randall (b. 1866 d. 1939)   hymn writer
  Steele, Anne (b. 1717 d. 1778)   hymnist
  Stevenson, Isabel Stephana (b. 1843 d. 1890)   hymn writer
  Stock, Sarah Geraldina (b. 1838 d. 1898)   hymn writer
  Stone, Samuel John (b. 1839 d. 1900)   clergyman, hymnist
  Stowell, Hugh (b. 1799 d. 1865)   hymn writer
  Synesius of Cyrene (b. 0365 d. 0414)   hymn writer
  Tate, Nahum (b. 1652 d. 1715)   librettista, poet
  Taylor, Jane (b. 1783 d. 1824)   hymn writer
  Taylor, Jeremy (b. 1613 d. 1667)   hymn writer
  Tennyson, Alfred (b. 1809 d. 1892)   composer, lyricist
  Tersteegen, Gerhard (b. 1697 d. 1769)   hymn writer
  Theodulph of Orleans (d. 0821)   Bishop of Orleans
  Theoktistus of the Studium (b. 0890 a. 0826)   hymn writer
  Thomas A Kempis (b. 1379 d. 1471)   hymn writer
  Thring, Godfrey (b. 1823 d. 1903)   hymnologist
  Tisserand, Jean (d. 1494)   Minorite friar, poet
  Toke, Emma [Leslie] (b. 1812 d. 1878)   hymn writer
  Tomas da Celano (b. 1190 d. 1260)   poet
  Toplady, Augustus Montague (b. 1740 d. 1778)   hymn writer
  Tourneaux, Nicolas (b. 1640 d. 1686)   theologian, hymn writer
  Turney, Edward (b. 1816 d. 1872)   hymn writer
  Turton, William Henry (b. 1856 d. 1938)   hymn writer
  Tuttiett, Lawrence (b. 1825 d. 1897)   hymnist
  Twells, Henry (b. 1823 d. 1900)   hymn writer
  Vaughan, Henry (b. 1622 d. 1695)   hymn writer
  Vernon, John Richard (b. 1833 d. 1902)   hymn composer, hymn writer
  Wade, John Francis (b. -1711 d. 1786)   book seller, music copyist
  Ware, Henry (b. 1794 d. 1843)   hymnologist
  Warner, John Allan (b. 1851 d. 1928)   vicar, hymnist
  Watson, George (b. 1816 d. 1898)   hymn writer
  Watts, Isaac (b. 1674 d. 1748)   hymn writer, miscellaneous writer
  Webb, Benjamin (b. 1819 d. 1885)   hymn writer
  Weisse, Michael (b. 1480 d. 1534)   hymn writer
  Welch, Edward Ashurst (b. 1860 d. 1932)   hymn writer
  Wesley, Charles (b. 1707 d. 1788)   divine, hymn writer
  Wesley, John Benjamin (b. 1703 d. 1791)   clergyman
  Wesley, Samuel (b. 1691 d. 1739)   hymn writer
  Whately, Richard (b. 1787 d. 1863)   hymn writer
  White, Gilbert (b. 1859)   hymn writer
  White, Henry Kirke (b. 1785 d. 1806)   hymn writer
  Whitfield, Frederick (b. 1829 d. 1904)   vicar, hymn writer
  Whiting, William (b. 1825 d. 1878)   hymn writer
  Whittier, John Greenleaf (b. 1807 d. 1892)   poet, author of hymn texts
  Whytehead, Thomas (b. 1815 d. 1843)   hymn composer
  Wilder, Henry Charles (b. 1860 d. 1948)   hymn writer
  Williams, Isaac (b. 1802 d. 1865)   hymn writer
  Williams, Peter (b. 1722 d. 1796)   hymn writer
  Williams, William (b. 1717 d. 1791)   hymn writer
  Willis, Love Maria (b. 1824 d. 1908)   hymn writer
  Winkworth, Catherine (b. 1827 d. 1878)   hymn writer
  Wither, George (b. 1588 d. 1667)   hymn writer, religious poet
  Woodford, James Russell (b. 1820 d. 1885)   hymn writer
  Woodward, George Ratcliffe (b. 1848 d. 1934)   hymn writer
  Wordsworth, Christopher (b. 1807 d. 1885)   hymn writer
  Wordsworth, Elizabeth (b. 1840 d. 1932)   hymn writer
  Wordsworth, William (b. 1770 d. 1850)   hymn writer
  Wreford, John Reynell (b. 1800 d. 1881)   hymn writer
  Xavier, Francis St. (b. 1506 d. 1552)   missionary
  York, Charles Edward (b. 1842 d. 1908)   hymn writer
  Zinzendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig (b. 1700 d. 1760)   Lutheran pietist
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