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Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Composer of "HAPPY MEETING" in Songs for the Service of Prayer In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

T. Bilby

1794 - 1872 Author of "Yma cur a blinder gawn (Here we suffer grief and pain)" in Cân a Mawl Bilby, Thomas , son of John Bilby, born at Southampton, April 18, 1794. In 1809 he joined the army, remaining eight years. Subsequently he studied the Infant School System under Buchanan, whose school at Brewer's Green, Westminster, is said to have been the first Infants' School opened in England. In 1825 he obtained the charge of a Training School at Chelsea, where some 500 teachers were instructed in his system. In 1832 he proceeded to the West Indies, where he introduced his system of teaching. On returning to England, he became the parish clerk of St. Mary's, Islington. He died Sept. 24, 1872. He was one of the founders of "The Home and Colonial Infant School Society." Jointly with Mr. R. B. Ridgway he published The Nursery Book,The Infant Teacher's Assistant, 1831-32; and the Book of Quadrupeds , 1838. His hymns appeared in The Infant Teacher's Assistant, the best known of which is, "Here we suffer grief and pain." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

James Hughes

1779 - 1844 Person Name: Parch James Hughes, Llundain Translator of "Yma cur a blinder gawn (Here we suffer grief and pain)" in Cân a Mawl James Hughes (Iago Trichrug), Llundain, 1779-1844. Information from Welsh Biography Online from The National Library of Wales, and Swansea University Library Catalog.