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Jane Parker Huber

1926 - 2008 Author of "O Holy God, Whose Gracious Power" in The New Century Hymnal

Federico J. Pagura

1923 - 2016 Author of "Cuando las Bases del Mundo Tiemblan" in Cántico Nuevo Federico José Pagura was an Argentine Methodist bishop and author and translator of hymns. Leland Bryant Ross

1929 - 2009 Author of "We Turn To You" in Voices United 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)

Elizabeth Wilson

b. 1867 Author of "Father of lights, in whom there is no shadow" in The Hymnal Wilson, Elizabeth, L.L.D. (Neenah, Wisconsin, August 17, 1867--?). Daughter of a Methodist Episcopal minister, herself an ordained minister of the same denomination, a member (one-time officer) of the American Association of Women Preachers, and of the British Society for the Ministry of Women. She was educated at Lawrence University (now College), Appleton, Wisconsin; Oxford, England; Jena, Germany, and the Bengal Government Weaving Institute, Serampore, Inda. After teaching at Lawrence for five years, 1885-1889, she began her real life work with the Y.W.C.A. and continued in it for thirty-nine years, a part of the time being spent as as Association Secretary in Japan. Retiring from active work she lived for a time at Appleton and then removed to California where, in 1953 at the time of this writing, she makes her home in Los Angeles at Pacific Homes, a residence for retired religious workers. See the biographical sketch of Helen Thoburn for a full account of the writing of her hymn, "Father of lights, in whom there is no shadow" (Helen Thoburn and Elizabeth Wilson), the first half of stanza one of which is widely used as an Opening Response. --Robert G. McCutchan, DNAH Archives

Frank Fletcher

1870 - 1954 Person Name: Frank Fletcher, 1870- Author of "O Son of Man, our Hero strong and tender" in The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, served as Assistant Master at Rugby (1894-1903), Master of Marlborough College (1903-11) (the first layman to hold that post), and Headmaster of Charterhouse, Godalming (1911-35). He was knighted for his distinguished career. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

S. L. Findlater

1823 - 1907 Translator of "O happy home, where Thou art loved the dearest" in The Church Hymnal Sarah Laurie Borthwick Findlater United Kingdom 1823-1907. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, sister of Jane Laurie Borthwick, she married Erick John Findlater, a pastor in the Free Church of Scotland at Lochearnhead, Perthshire, and they had three daughters: Sarah Jemima, Mary Williamina, and Jane Helen. Findlater and her sister Jane's translations were collected in “German hymns from the land of Luther”, appearing in four volumes (1854-1862). As an author, Sarah wrote fiction, juvenile works, music scores, anthems, and musical parts. She died at Torquay, Devon, England. John Perry

F. W. H. Myers

1843 - 1901 Person Name: Frederick William Henry Myers (1843-1901) Author of "Hark, what a sound, and too divine for hearing" in The Hymnal

Geoffrey Anketel Studdert Kennedy

1883 - 1929 Person Name: G. A. Studdert-Kennedy, 1883 - 1929 Author of "When through the whirl of wheels" in The Hymnary Born with Irish heritage to the vicarage in a deprived parish in Leeds. Studdert Kennedy got into Trinity College Dublin at the age of 14, though poverty meant he did not attend until later, graduating with a First Class degree. He was a popular teacher at Calday Grange Grammar School on the Wirral Peninsula before entering the Anglican Ministry; ordained in Worcester Cathedral in 1908 and married in 1914. He worked in deprived parishes: in Rugby, with his Father in Leeds and St Paul's in Worcester. He was known for his forgetfulness, his generosity (he famously gave away the marital bed to an old lady in need recruiting his wife to help carry the mattress) and his plain speaking. He became a military chaplain (AKA the Padre) in 1915. He spent time with the men waiting to go to the Front speaking with them and offering to write letters home. He carried a large canvas sack of New Testaments and Woodbine Cigarettes to distribute, often staying on the trains up to the front well after they had left the station earning great popularity and the affectionate nickname Woodbine Willie. In 1917 he was awarded the Military Cross for fetching morphine for a first aid post on the Front while under bombardment and repeatedly going to help the wounded or bury the dead in No Man's Land. During the war his first collection of poetry "Rough Rhymes of a Padre" was published and he achieved widespread national fame. His poems did not shy from the horrors of war or questions of faith raised. He was always on the side of the 'ordinary man'. After the war he continued in parish ministry before taking an itinerant role with the Industrial Christian Fellowship (still operating) where he proclaimed the gospel and fought for the disadvantaged. He died in Liverpool 1929 intending to keep a commitment despite exhaustion. His memorial in Worcester Cathedral says "A poet: a prophet: a passionate seeker after truth: an ardent advocate of Christian fellowship." His hymns are taken from his collections of verse later anthologised in The Unutterable Beauty (1927). David L. Gent

John Underwood Stephens

b. 1901 Author of "Lift Up Your Eyes" in Eleven Ecumenical Hymns Stephens, John Underwood. (Brooklyn, New York, March 27, 1901--?). Presbyterian. Princeton, 1924; taught for two years at Princeton-in-Peking, then entered Union Theological Seminary. Ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1929; served as minister of the First Presbyterian Church, Sand Lake, N.Y.; assistant minister in the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, N.Y.; minister to the Mount Washington Presbyterian Church, N.Y.; and Ogunquit, Maine. --The Hymn Society, DNAH Archives