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Michael Perry

1942 - 1996 Author of "Now Evening Comes" in Moravian Book of Worship Initially studying mathematics and physics at Dulwich College, Michael A. Perry (b. Beckenham, Kent, England, 1942; d. England, 1996) was headed for a career in the sciences. However, after one year of study in physics at the University of London, he transferred to Oak Hill College to study theology. He also studied at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and received a M.Phil. from the University of Southhampton in 1973. Ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1966, Perry served the parish of St. Helen's in Liverpool as a youth worker and evangelist. From 1972 to 1981 he was the vicar of Bitterne in Southhampton and from 1981 to 1989, rector of Eversley in Hampshire and chaplain at the Police Staff College. He then became vicar of Tonbridge in Kent, where he remained until his death from a brain tumor in 1996. Perry published widely in the areas of Bible study and worship. He edited Jubilate publications such as Hymns far Today's Church (1982), Carols far Today (1986), Come Rejoice! (1989), and Psalms for Today (1990). Composer of the musical drama Coming Home (1987), he also wrote more than two hundred hymns and Bible versifications. Bert Polman

Thomas Tiplady

1882 - 1967 Person Name: Thomas Tiplady, 1882-1967 Author of "We Leave Thy House, but Leave Not Thee" in The Cyber Hymnal Tiplady, Thomas. Was Director of the Lambeth Mission in South London, which was maintained under the auspices of the Methodist Church. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives ============================== Thomas Tiplady is the Director of the Lambeth Mission in South London which is maintained under the auspices of the Methodist Church. There for thirty-seven years he has ministered among the poor of that section of the great British metropolis. It has been a ministry with many unique features among them a moving picture program at the "Ideal" which has become an institution in itself. Out of this work in London have come several volumes of hymns written originially for use in the services at the Mission. Several of these hymns are to be found in American hymnbooks. He is a member of the Hymn Society of America; and has had close relationship with the Society and its members. --Eleven Ecumenical Hymns, 1954. Used by permission.

Martin F. Tupper

Translator (from Latin) of "O God, Our Maker, Throned on High" in The Cyber Hymnal

Charles Edward Moberly

1820 - 1893 Person Name: Charles Edward Moberly, 1820-1893 Composer of "CHARNWOOD" in The Cyber Hymnal Moberly, Charles Edward, M.A., son of W. Moberly and nephew of the late Bp. Moberly of Salisbury, born in 1820, and educated at Balliol College, Oxford (B.A. 1840). He was sometime assistant master at Rugby School, and then Rector of Coin-Rogers, Gloucestershire. He retired from the latter in 1883. His hymn "If Thou, O God, wert all unrest" (Faith) was contributed to Hymns for the Use of Rugby School, 1876. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

R. M. Moorsom

1831 - 1911 Person Name: Robert M. Moorsom Adapter of "O God, Our Maker, Throned on High" in The Cyber Hymnal Moorsom, Robert Maude, M.A., son of Admiral Moorsom, was born at Cosgrove Priory, Feb. 2, 1831, and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A., 1854; M.A., 1858. Taking Holy Orders in 1857, he was Curate of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, 1857-59; Barnham-Broom, Norfolk, 1861; and Rector of Sadberge, Durham, 1861-81. Mr. Moorsom published in 1889 A Historical Companion to Hymns Ancient and Modern. He has also edited a pamphlet on The Writers of Hymns Ancient & Modern, according to their Churches, and contributed to the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) ================== Moorsom, R. M., p. 1580, ii. In 1901 Mr. Moorsom published Renderings of Church Hymns from Eastern and Western Office Books. These translations of Syrian, Armenian, and other hymns from Eastern sources, together with renderings from the Greek and Latin Office Books, are well done, and have already received deserved attention at the hands of hymnal compilers. His second edition of his Historical Companion to Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1903, is noted under England Hymnody, Church of, p. 1633, i. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)