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Jean-Baptiste de Santeul

1630 - 1697 Person Name: De Santeuil Author of "Where the angel-hosts adore Thee" in The Church Hymnal Santeüil, Jean-Baptiste de, was born in Paris of a good family on May 12, 1630. He was one of the regular Canons of St. Victor, at Paris, and, under the name of Santolius Victorinus, was distinguished as a writer of Latin poetry. Many of his hymns appeared in the Cluniac Breviary 1686, and the Paris Breviaries 1680 and 1736, and several have been translated into English, and are in common use in Great Britain and America. He was very jocose in disposition and singular in his habits. When on a journey he died at Dijon, Aug. 5, 1697. His Hymni Sacri et Novi were published at Paris in 1689, and again, enlarged, in 1698. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

William L. Wallace

1933 - 2024 Adapter of "Every Plant Reveals the Cycles" in Singing the Sacred

Ernest Hawkins

1802 - 1868 Author of "Lord, a Savior's Love Displaying" in The Cyber Hymnal Hawkins, Ernest, B.D., son of Major Hawkins, born Jan. 25, 1802, at Hitchin, and educated at Balliol College, Oxford (B.A. 1842). He was for sometime a Fellow of Exeter College. On taking Holy Orders he became Curate of Burwash, sub-librarian of the Bodleian Library, Curate of St. George's, Bloomsbury, Minister of Curzon Chapel, Mayfair, London, Prebendary of St. Paul's, and Canon of Westminster. From 1838 to his death, Oct. 5, 1866, he also acted as secretary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Besides his prose works, which were not numerous, he published Verses in commemoration of the Third Jubilee of the S.P.G. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel), 1851-2. To this little collection his hymns were contributed. The most extensively used of these, "Lord, a Saviour's love displaying" (Missions), has been adopted by many collections. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Anders Frostenson

1906 - 2006 Author of "Faith, While Trees Are Still in Blossom" in Rejoice in the Lord

Dimas Planas-Belfort

1934 - 1992 Person Name: Dimas Planas-Belfort, 1934-1992 trad. español, estr. 1-4 of "Una voz invita y llama" in Himnario Luterano

Roy A. Cheville

b. 1897 Author of "Master, speak! Thy servant heareth!" in The Hymnal

Jiyu Kennett

1924 - 1996 Person Name: P. Jiyu-Kennett Author of "New Year bells are gaily ringing" in The Liturgy of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives Also: Jiyu-Kennett, P. Kennett, P. Jiyu-

Giles Leigh Browne

1883 - 1919 Translator of "Aŭdu! forta voko sonas" in TTT-Himnaro Cigneta English linguist and poet. --ADORU, p. 1389

Roberto A. Weber

b. 1990 Person Name: Roberto A. Weber, n. 1990 trad. español, estr. 5 of "Una voz invita y llama" in Himnario Luterano

Isabel G. V. de Rodríguez

1894 - 1975 Author of "Este Templo Dedicamos" in Cántico Nuevo Isabel González Vásquez de Rodríguez, 1894-1975, worked along side her husband, who was a pastor in Uruguay and Argentina. She was an educator and speaker, helped establish women's societies in the churches they served, advocated for homeschooling, and fought against alcoholism and other vices. She wrote some books and several hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from Celebremos Su Gloria (Cúcuta, Colombia: Libros Alianza, 1992, p. 586)

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