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Robert Ellis Key

? - 1961 Person Name: R. E. K. Author of "O Love whose perfect path is known" in Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) Key, Robert Ellis. (Yorkshire, England, ?--June 4, 1961). Educated at Richmond School and St. Peter's School in Yorkshire, he served as a British army office, 1914-1920, retiring with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire. He was a Christian Science practitioner, 1923-1961, also serving as a teacher, lecturer, and editor of Christian Science materials. --Joan E. Wilson, DNAH Archives

Jean Sophia Pigott

1845 - 1882 Person Name: J Pigott Translator of "Thou Sweet Beloved Will of God" in Redemption Hymnal Jean Sophia Pigott United Kingdom 1845-1882. Born at Leixlip, Ireland, she was a poet and hymn lyricist. She wrote “A royal service and other poems” (1877). She was a sister to William Frederick Pigott ,a missionary to China, He was murdered in the 1901 Boxer Rebellion, along with 76 other missionaries working with missionary, Hudson Taylor, but in other parts of China.. Taylor was overcome with grief to hear of the massacre, and took much comfort in Pigott’s hymn. She died at Leixlip, Ireland. John Perry