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Violette Du Pasquier

b. 1922 Translator (French) of "Lobet den Herren alle, die ihn ehren" in Cantate Domino

1911 - 1990 Person Name: Harold Francis Yardley, 1911- Author of "Praise And Thanksgiving" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Yardley, Harold Francis. (Salford, England, March 11, 1911- ). United Church. Studied at Victoria University (British Columbia), after some experience as a lay-pastor, preferring ordination to a degree. Pastorates at Gainsborough, Saskatchewan, 1943-1945; in Ontario, Gananoque, 1945-1947, Courtice, 1947-1950, Embro, 1950-1954, Brantford, 1954-1960, Sarnia, 1960-1970; Claresholm, Alberta, 1970-1973, after which he retired to Calgary. Just before he retired, The Hymn Book (1971) and The Book of Praise (1972) included a sample apiece of his work. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Frank J. Whiteley

1914 - 1998 Person Name: Frank Whiteley, 1914- Author of "Praise And Thanksgiving" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada Whiteley, Frank J. (Sheffield, England, December 22, 1914-- ). United Church. Queen's University (Kingston), B.A., 1944, B.D., 1946; Victoria College (Toronto), M.Th., 1970. Pastorates in Ontario at Parham, 1943-1946; Coe Hill, 1946-1948; Oshawa, 1948-1952; Picton, 1952-1960; Peterborough, 1960-1967; Sarnia, 1967-?. His best-known hymn, found in The Hymn Book (1971), grew out of the theme of his M.Th. thesis; in wording it, he accepted counsel from Harold F. Yardley. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Paul, the Deacon

720 - 799 Person Name: Paul the Deacon, 730-799 Author of "Sing we the praises of the great forerunner" in Common Praise Paul the Deacon [Paulus Diaconus], son of Warnefrid or Winefrid, was born at Frinli, in Italy, circa 730. He studied at Pavia. For some time he was tutor to Adelperga, daughter of Desiderius, the last of the Lombard kings, and then lived at the court of her husband, Arichisius of Beneveuto. Eventually he became a monk at Monte Cassino, where he died circa 799. He was the author of several works, including Be Gest. Langobardorum. His hymn, “Ut queant laxis resonare fibris," is in three parts. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)