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Fred Kaan

1929 - 2009 Person Name: Fred Kaan, b. 1929 Author of "This Is the Day When Light Was First Created" in Gather Comprehensive Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens. Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregational Church in Barry, Glamorgan. In 1963 he was called to be minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth. It was in this congregation that he began to write hymns. The first edition of Pilgrim Praise was published in 1968, going into second and third editions in 1972 and 1975. He continued writing many more hymns throughout his life. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary written by Keith Forecast in Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-kaan-minister-and-celebrated-hymn-writer-1809481.html)
Fred Kaan

Reginald Sparshatt Thatcher

1888 - 1957 Person Name: Reginald S. Thatcher, 1888-1957 Composer of "NORTHBROOK" in Gather Comprehensive
Reginald Sparshatt Thatcher

Thomas Wood

1892 - 1950 Person Name: Thomas Wood, 1892-1950 Composer of "SCHOOL HOUSE" in The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada b. 11-28-1892, Chorley, Lancashire, d. 11-19-50, Bures, Essex; composer, author LOC Name Authority File
Thomas Wood

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