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Hugh Wilson

1766 - 1824 Composer of "MARTYRDOM" in Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) learned the shoemaker trade from his father. He also studied music and mathematics and became proficient enough in various subjects to become a part-time teacher to the villagers. Around 1800, he moved to Pollokshaws to work in the cotton mills and later moved to Duntocher, where he became a draftsman in the local mill. He also made sundials and composed hymn tunes as a hobby. Wilson was a member of the Secession Church, which had separated from the Church of Scotland. He served as a manager and precentor in the church in Duntocher and helped found its first Sunday school. It is thought that he composed and adapted a number of psalm tunes, but only two have survived because he gave instructions shortly before his death that all his music manuscripts were to be destroyed. Bert Polman

Alice Freeman Palmer

1855 - 1902 Person Name: Alice F. Palmer Author of "How sweet and silent is the place" in Hymns of the Spirit for Use in the Free Churches of America Palmer, Alice, née Freeman, born at Colesville, N.Y., in 1855, and graduated from Michigan University, 1876. She took great interest in education, and held several responsible positions in connection therewith, including that of Dean of the Women's Department of the University of Chicago 1892-95. She held the degrees of PH.D., L.H.D., and LL.D. Married in 1887 to Prof. George H. Palmer, LL.D. She died suddenly in Paris in 1902. Her hymn "How sweet and silent is the place " (Holy Communion) was written in 1901. [M. C. Hazard, Ph. D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Wilhelm A. F. Schulthes

1816 - 1879 Composer of "LAMBETH" in The Cyber Hymnal Wilhelm August Ferdinand Schulthes Germany 1816-1879. Born at Hesse Castle, Germany, son of a German army officer, he was raised Lutheran, but turned to Roman Catholicism around 1852. He directed the Brompton Oratory choir (1852-1872). He taught music at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton (1868-1879). He also wrote poetry. No information found regarding family or other life events. He died at Bois-de-Colombes, France. John Perry

U. C. Burnap

1834 - 1900 Composer of "PALMER" in The Hymnal of Praise Burnap ran a dry goods business in Brooklyn, though he graduated from the University of Paris with a music degree, and for 37 years played the organ at the Reformed Church in Brooklyn Heights. He was a prolific composer, and helped edit the following: Hymns of the Church, 1869 Hymns of Prayer and Praise, 1871 Hymns and Songs of Praise, 1874 --The Cyber Hymnal™ There is uncertainty about his middle name. Reynolds and the Library of Congress say it was Christopher. A contemporary obituary relied on by "The Cyber Hymnal™" says it was Cicero. It appears that there was another Uzziah C[icero] Burnap who lived (per LOC) 1794-1854.