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Nicholas Gatty

1874 - 1946 Person Name: Nicholas C. Gatty Hymnal Number: 6137 Composer of "TUGWOOD" in The Cyber Hymnal Nicholas Comyn Gatty (13 September 1874 – 10 November 1946) was an English composer and music critic. As a composer his major output was opera, which was generally musically undistinguished but well-presented theatrically. As a critic he worked for the Pall Mall Gazette and The Times, and served as assistant editor for the second and third editions of Grove. He was born in Bradfield, Yorkshire, the second son of the Revd Reginald Gatty. He was educated at Downing College, Cambridge (BA 1896, Mus B 1898, Mus D 1927) and studied under Charles Villiers Stanford at the Royal College of Music. At the beginning of the 20th Century he was assistant conductor at Covent Garden and at some time organist to the Duke of York's Royal Military School in Chelsea. Gatty was a close contemporary and friend of Ralph Vaughan Williams and from around 1900 the latter was to spend summer holidays with the Gattys at Hooton Roberts, between Rotherham and Doncaster, where Gatty's father was Rector. He died in London. He was the nephew of Alfred Scott-Gatty. --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Charles E. Stephens

1821 - 1892 Hymnal Number: 7706 Composer of "IN STORM" in The Cyber Hymnal

William H. Groser

1834 - 1925 Person Name: William Groser Hymnal Number: 5664 Author of "Praise the Redeemer, Almighty to Save" in The Cyber Hymnal Groser, William Howse, B.SC., son of Mr. W. Groser (for many years Secretary of the London Sunday School Union, and a relative of the Rev. W. Groser, noticed above), was b. in 1834, and educated at University College, London, and graduated B.SC. at the London University, in 1862. Although engaged in mercantile pursuits Mr. Groser devotes considerable time to natural science, and Christian work, especially in connection with Sunday schools. He was for twelve years editor of the Bible Class and Youth’s Magazine; and subsequently of the Sunday School Teacher, and of the Excelsior. His publications, mainly of a Biblical and educational character, are numerous. In 1875, he edited:— Songs by the Way. A Hymnal for Young Christians and Enquirers, Lond. S. S. U. He also contributed hymns to the S. S. Union hymn-books:— (1) Sunday Scholars’ Hymn Book, n.d. (1861); (2) Songs of Gladness; A Hymnbook for the Young, 1871, containing 200 hymns. It was subsequently enlarged to 266; and (3) The Sunday School Teachers' Hymnbook (1871). His hymns published in these books include: i. Songs by the Way, 1875. 1. The Lord is our Shepherd. The Good Shepherd. ii. In Sunday Scholars' Hymn Book, 1861. 2. Blest Saviour, who in days of old. Sunday School Anniversary. 3. Great Lord of earth and time. S. S. Anniversary. 4. Swift as an eagle's flight. Flight of time. 5. Sunny days of childhood. Early Piety. iii. In Songs of Gladness, 1871. 6. Borne upon time's noiseless wing. New Year. 7. How bright the morning broke. Year of Jubilee. 8. 0 happy they who know the Lord. Early Piety. 9. O'er the waters, dark and drear. Divine Guidance Desired. These hymns were all composed between 1860 and 1875. All are in common use in Great Britain, and many also in America. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology ===================== Groser, W. H., p. 472, i. His more recent hymns include:— i. In the Christian Endeavour Hymnal, 1896. 1. In the Name of Jesus, we each other greet. Trust in Jesus. Written 1896; 1896, No. 106. 2. The world in which we live and move. God's Care. 1896, No. 118. 3. We bless Thee for Thy will made known. Holy Scripture. Written 1890; 1896, No. 72. ii. In the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905. 4. A Song of spring once more we sing. Spring. Written 1914; 1905, No. 377. 5. Hear, Lord, our parting hymn. Evening. Written 1905; 1905, No. 364. 6. I know not what this week may bring. Trust in God. Written 1905; 1905, No. 366. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Rebecca E. Lee

b. 1995 Hymnal Number: 9380 Author of "Now The Year Is Over" in The Cyber Hymnal

G. P. Grantham

1833 - 1933 Person Name: George Grantham Hymnal Number: 179 Author of "Angel Hosts in Bright Array" in The Cyber Hymnal Born: Circa 1833, London, Middlesex, England. Christened: February 24, 1833, St. John the Baptist Church, Shoreditch, London. As of 1881, Grantham was Vicar of Llanbaddock, Wales. Some of his work appeared in Carols for Use in Church, by Richard Chope (London: William Clowes & Sons, 1894). --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Kent Schneider

b. 1946 Person Name: Kent E. Schneider Hymnal Number: 6614 Author of "There's a Church Within Us, O Lord" in The Cyber Hymnal

G. Waring Stebbins

1869 - 1930 Person Name: George Waring Stebbins Hymnal Number: 1299 Composer of "[Easter flowers are blooming bright]" in The Cyber Hymnal

W. Acfield

Person Name: W. Ackfield Hymnal Number: 12637 Composer of "VESPER" in The Cyber Hymnal

H. M. Gunn

1817 - 1886 Person Name: Henry M. Gunn, 1817-1886 Hymnal Number: 6893 Author of "To Realms Beyond the Sounding Sea" in The Cyber Hymnal Gunn, Henry Mayo, was born March 25, 1817, at Chard, Somerset, and educated at Mill Hill School, and at University College. He held several pastorates, beginning with Basingstoke in 1841, and closing with Sevenoaks in 1881. He d. May 21, 1886. He published various works, chiefly descriptive of the Nonconformist Churches and their principles. Besides translating some of the earlier Greek and Latin hymns for the Excelsior edited by the late Dr. James Hamilton, he wrote many hymns, including:— 1. Higher, higher to the Cross. The Cross of Christ. Appeared, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, in the 1866 Supplement to the collection used in the Redland Congregational Church, Bristol. It is also issued in sheet form. 2. Our fathers were high-minded men. Fidelity to Principle. This was suggested by the disruption of the Church of Scotland in 1843. It was published in the Alton Sunday School Collection, 1844, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines. It is in several hymn-books, including the Congregational Union Book of Praise for Children, 1881. 3. To realms beyond the sounding sea. Prayer on behalf of Colonists. Appeared in the New Congregational Hymn Book, 1859, No. 903, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. 4. We want no priest but Jesus. Priesthood of Christ. Printed for the annual meeting of the Wilts Congregational Union, 1872. It is largely circulated as a broadsheet, and has been tranlsated into Italian for the use of the Evangelical Church of Italy. [Rev. W. Garrett Horder] -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology