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Richard Redhead

1820 - 1901 Composer of "ROCK OF AGES" in The Durham Mission Tune Book Richard Redhead (b. Harrow, Middlesex, England, 1820; d. Hellingley, Sussex, England, 1901) was a chorister at Magdalen College, Oxford. At age nineteen he was invited to become organist at Margaret Chapel (later All Saints Church), London. Greatly influencing the musical tradition of the church, he remained in that position for twenty-five years as organist and an excellent trainer of the boys' choirs. Redhead and the church's rector, Frederick Oakeley, were strongly committed to the Oxford Movement, which favored the introduction of Roman elements into Anglican worship. Together they produced the first Anglican plainsong psalter, Laudes Diurnae (1843). Redhead spent the latter part of his career as organist at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Paddington (1864-1894). Bert Polman

William Litton Viner

1790 - 1867 Person Name: W. L. Viner Composer of "DISMISSAL" in Mirfield Mission Hymn Book Born 1790 in Bath, died 1867 in Westfield, MA. Organist and composer.

George Body

1840 - 1911 Person Name: G. Body Author of "Jesus! speak to me in love" in Mirfield Mission Hymn Book George Body was born about February 1840 in Crediton, Devonshire, England. He was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge (BA 1862, MA 1876) and served as Curate in several churches and as Proctor for the Archdeaconry of Cleveland in 1880-85. He died on June 5, 1911 in Durham, England. His works include: A revision of Edward Husband’s Mission Hymnal 1875 A revision of the Durham Mission Hymn Book Life of Justification Life of Temptation N.N., Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/o/d/body_g.htm