Person Results

E. Hopkins

Person Name: Edward J. Hopkins, 1818–1901 Composer of "ELLERS" in One and All Rejoice

T. W. Speaks

Translator of "Aquí del pan partido tomaré" in Himnos de la Iglesia

1778 - 1840 Person Name: Rev. Joseph Tuckerman Author of "Father divine, this dead'ning pow'r control" in School and College Hymnal Tuckerman, Rev. Joseph, D.D. (Boston, Massachusetts, January 18, 1778--April 20, 1840, Havana, Cuba). He graduated from Harvard College in 1798, a classmate of Rev. William Ellery Channing, whose close friend he remained through life. He was license to preach by the Boston Association and in 1801 was ordained minister of a church in Chelsea, Mass., at that time a small farming community, which he served for 25 years. He then moved to Boston to begin his "ministry-at-large" to the unchurched elements in the population, under the auspices of the American Unitarian Association and later of the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches. He attained wide reputation for his philanthropy and his wide methods of social reform. Harvard gave him the honorary degree of D.D. in 1824. --Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives

Frances Annette (Coan) Percy

1843 - 1918 Person Name: Frances A. Percy Author of "As swiftly, silently draws near the night" in New Manual of Praise

C. Eric Lincoln

1924 - 2000 Person Name: C. Eric Lincoln (b. 1924) Author of "How Like a Gentle Spirit" in Lift Every Voice and Sing II

Emrys

Author of "O Arglwydd! aros -- aros gyda ni!" in Cân a Mawl See: William Ambrose (Emrys)

A. M. Jones

Translator of "Cargado estoy de males" in Himnos de la Iglesia

James Boeringer

1930 - 2014 Author of "O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Hear" in Lord, Help Our Unbelief Boeringer, James. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1930- ). He was educated at the College of Wooster (B.A., 1952), Columbia University (M.A., 1954), and Union Theological Seminary (D.S.M., 1964). He taught at the University of South Dakota (1959-1962), Oklahoma Baptist University (1962-1964), and Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. A composer of choral and instrumental music, and an author of articles and reviews in music journals. --William J. Reynolds, DNAH Archives ========================= [Boeringer] is Minister of Music at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in New York City, and teacher of English in the Parish High School . . . He is currently studying for a Ph. D. at New York University. he is a staff writer for The Musical Courier, The Review of Recorded Music, and The American Guild of Organists Quarterly. --Lord, Help Our Unbelief: Four More New Hymns by Youth for Youth, 1958. Used by permission. ========================= [Boeringer] is Minister of Music at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vermillion, South Dakota. He was formerly Minister of Music at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in New York City. ------Ten New Stewardship Hymns, 1961. Used by permission.

William Vaughan Jenkins

1868 - 1920 Person Name: W. Vaughan Jenkins Author of "A Parting Hymn" in The Fellowship Hymn Book Born: September 6, 1868, Bristol, England. Died: June 30, 1920, Bitton, Gloucestershire, England. Jenkins attended Bristol Grammar School and became an accountant like his father. He was active in the mission field, and developed associations with the Tyndale Baptist Church, Highbury Congregational Church, and his own parish church in Bitton. He also served as secretary to the Adult School Union in Bristol, belonged to the National Council of the Adult School Movement, and helped compile the 1909 Fellowship Hymn Book. --www.hymntime.com/tch