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Fannie M. Parker

Person Name: Mrs. Fannie M. Parke Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Author of "The Sure By And By" in The Cyber Hymnal

1859 - 1919 Person Name: Henry C. Beeching Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Author of "God, Who Created Me" in The Cyber Hymnal Beeching, Henry Charles, D. LITT., son of J. P. G. Beeching, of Bexhill, Sussex, was born May 15, 1859, and educated at the City of London School, and Ball. College Oxford: B.A. 1883; M.A. 1887; D.LITT. Durham, 1903. After holding several important appointments, including Chaplain of Lincoln's Inn, Prof, of Past, and Liturgical Theology, K.C.L., Clark Lecturer in English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, &c, he became in 1902 Canon of Westminster and in 1904 Preacher at Lincoln's Inn. His published works are: In a Garden, and other Poems, 1895; A Paradise of English Poetry, 1892; Lyra Sacra, 1894; and many others. For his translation of the seven greater Advent Antiphons. His Children's Hymn, “God Who created me," appeared in his In a Garden and other Poems, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

J. Montgomerie Bell

1837 - 1910 Person Name: John Montgomerie Bell, 1837-1910 Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Composer of "NEW 143RD" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook John Montgomerie Bell was a hymnwriter and botanist born on May 28, 1837. He died on June 8, 1910 in Edinburgh, Scotland. NN, Hymnary. Source: http://composers-classical-music.com/b/BellJohnMontgomerie.htmv

Ernest A. Dicks

Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Composer of "ST. LUKE (Dicks)"

Silas G. Odell

Person Name: S. G. Odell Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Author of "Fount of Purity" in Timeless Truths

Lucy Randolph Fleming

Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Author of "Awake, Awake, O Earth!" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4

Frank Denty Pescott

b. 1880 Person Name: Frank Denty Pescott, 1880- Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Composer of "GUERNSEY" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada

James Smetham

1821 - 1889 Person Name: James Smetham, 1821-89 Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Author of "While ebbing nature grieves" in The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes Smetham, James, son of a Wesleyan minister, born at Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, Sept. 9, 1821, and for some time teacher of drawing at the Wesleyan Normal College, Westminster. Failing to command success as a painter, his mind gave way in 1877, and he died Feb. 5, 1889. His Letters were published in 1891, and The Literary Works of James Smetham, 1893. His hymn "While ebbing nature grieves" (Old Age) is unworthy of the position given to it in the Methodist Hymn Book, 1904. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Sven Ulsaker

Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Composer of "NORWAY (Ulsaker)"

T. I. Ball

1838 - 1916 Meter: 6.6.6.6 D Translator of "O what light and glory" Ball, Thomas Isaac, born 16 August, 1838. On taking Holy Orders in 1865, he successively became Curate of St. Salvador's, Dundee Mission; Incumbent of St. Mary's, The Cove, by Aberdeen; Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Kinnoull; Curate of All Saints, Brougham Street, Edinburgh; Curate of St. Columba's, Edinburgh; Priest of St. Michael's Chapel, Edinburgh; and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Argyll and the Isles. Mr. Ball is the author of The Orthodox Doctrine of the Church of England, 1877, and of numerous tracts; and the compiler of The English Catholic's Vademecum, 1868. In 1863 he contributed various translations from the Latin to the Appendix to the Hymnal Noted, for use in St. Alban's, Holborn, London, of which he was co-editor with the Rev. H. A. Walker. He was also the sole editor of the Supplement thereto, 1882. These translations are annotated under their respective original first lines. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ====================== Ball, T. I., p. 109, i. Became Provost of the Cathedral Church and College of Cumbrae in 1891, and received the Hon. LL.D. from St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, 1895. Dr. Ball is chiefly known through his numerous translations from the Latin, which he contributed to the St. Albans Hymnal, 1898; The Praise of Jesus, 1872; The Requiem Hymnal, The Clumber Hymnal, 1904; The Office Hymn Book 1905, and other collections. The more important and widely used of these translations are noted under their original first lines. In addition, the translations under the initials "C. R." on p. 1507, iv., are claimed by Dr. Ball. The collections given above also contain several of his original hymns, the greater part being in The Praise of Jesus and The Requiem Hymnal, 1898. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)