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John H. Gower

1855 - 1922 Composer of "MEDITATION" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.)

Ralph Harrison

1748 - 1810 Arranger of "ARLINGTON" in The Pilgrim Hymnal

Samuel A. Ward

1848 - 1903 Person Name: S. A. Ward, 1847-1903 Composer of "MATERNA" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book

1886 - 1946 Arranger of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in World Wide Revival Songs No. 2 Born: March 10, 1886, New Berne, North Carolina. Died: February 6, 1946, Dallas, Texas. Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas. Fisher attended Fort Worth University and Polytechnic College, Fort Worth, Texas; Vanderbilt University; Southern Methodist University; and earned his Doctor of Divinity degree at Asbury College, Kentucky. He moved to Fort Worth in 1908, and for a decade served as a general evangelist for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In World War I, he was a military chaplain. After the war, he worked in the East Oklahoma Conference and (beginning in 1944), the North Texas Conference. His works include: Best Revival Songs (Nashville, Tennessee: The Cokesbury Press, 1924) (music editor) © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.come/tch)

Lucius Chapin

1760 - 1842 Composer (attributed to) of "TWENTY-FOURTH" in Baptist Hymnal (1975 ed) Lucius Chapin, 1760-1842 Born: April 25, 1760, Longmeadow (near Springfield), Massachusetts. Died: December 24, 1842, Hamilton County, Ohio. Buried: Originally at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio in 1842. Reinterred at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio, January 26, 1858. Lucius’ brother was Amzi Chapin. In 1775, Lucius joined the Continental Army in Boston as a fifer; re-enlisting in 1776, he served at the Battles of Ticonderoga and Stillwater, and endured the infamous winter of 1777-8 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, with George Washington. After the war, he conducted singing schools in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and in 1787 moved to Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, later teaching in Rocbridge, Augusta and Rockingham Counties. Around 1797, he moved to Vernon, Kentucky. He retired in 1835 and moved to Hamilton County, Ohio. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

William H. Walter

1825 - 1893 Person Name: Wm. H. Walter, Mus. Doc. Composer of "[There is a land of pure delight]" in The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

James Walch

1837 - 1901 Composer of "SAWLEY" in Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church James Walch was a musician and composer, born near Bolton, Lancashire, England in 1837. He spent his early life in the town and was organist in several churches there, including the parish church of St George’s. From 1870-1877, he was conductor for the Bolton Philharmonic Society. He also composed at least four published hymn tunes, the best known of which is called “Tidings”. Written in 1875, it’s usually used as the tune to a hymn called “O Zion Haste”. James Walch was a musical instrument dealer by trade, and moved to Barrow-in-Furness in 1877. He later moved to Llandudno Junction in North Wales, where he died in August 1901 and was buried locally. His wife later donated money to pay for the organs in two local churches, St Paul's Llandudno and All Saints Deganwy, in his memory. Three decades later, an article in the London Gazette reported on a dispute arising from his will, and mentioned that he had a son, Harry West Walch, who was a pianist and lived in Hereford. St Paul's Church, Llandudno newsletter; used by permission of Christ Dearden (Walch's wife paid for the organ at St. Paul's Church)

Herbert Stephen Irons

1834 - 1905 Person Name: Herbert S. Irons, 1824- Composer of "SOUTHWELL" in Songs for the Chapel Born: January 19, 1834, Canterbury, Kent, England. Died: June 29, 1905, Nottingham, England. Irons was a nephew of the brothers Stephen & George Elvey. He became a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral under T. E. Jones. After studying music under Stephen Elvey at Oxford, he was appointed organist at St. Columba’s College, a large public school at Rathfarnham, near Dublin, Ireland. He stayed there only a few months before being offered the position of organist at Southwell Minister. From Southwell, he went to Chester as assistant organist to Frederic Gunton. Three years later, he accepted an appointment at St. Andrew’s Church, Nottingham, where he remained until his death. --www.hymntime.com/tch

George Kingsley

1811 - 1884 Person Name: George Kingsley (1811-1884) Composer of "TAPPAN" in Many Voices; or, Carmina Sanctorum, Evangelistic Edition with Tunes Born: July 7, 1811, Northampton, Massachusetts. Died: March 14, 1884, Northampton, Massachusetts. Kingsley played the organ at the Old South Church and Hollis Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts. He also taught music at Girard College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as music supervisor for public schools in Philadelphia, and compiled a number of music books, including: Sunday School Singing Book, 1832 The Harmonist, 1833 The Social Choir, 1836 The Sacred Choir, 1838 The Harp of David, 1844 The Young Ladies’ Harp, 1847 Templi Carmina (Northampton, Massachusetts: 1853) The Juvenile Choir, 1865 --www.hymntime.com/tch