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Herbert Stephen Irons

1834 - 1905 Person Name: H. S. Irons (1834-1905) Composer of "ST. LEONARD" in A Missionary Hymn Book Born: January 19, 1834, Canterbury, Kent, England. Died: June 29, 1905, Nottingham, England. Irons was a nephew of the brothers Stephen & George Elvey. He became a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral under T. E. Jones. After studying music under Stephen Elvey at Oxford, he was appointed organist at St. Columba’s College, a large public school at Rathfarnham, near Dublin, Ireland. He stayed there only a few months before being offered the position of organist at Southwell Minister. From Southwell, he went to Chester as assistant organist to Frederic Gunton. Three years later, he accepted an appointment at St. Andrew’s Church, Nottingham, where he remained until his death. --www.hymntime.com/tch

Robert N. Quaile

1867 - 1937 Person Name: Robert N. Quaile, 1867- Composer of "OLDBRIDGE" in The Abingdon Song Book Son of a Methodist pastor, Quaile was educated at Wesley College in Dublin. He went into business in Mallow and pursued music as a hobby. Three of his tunes appeared in the 1910 English Methodist Sunday School Hymnal. Ten years later, he lost all his possessions in the 1920 Irish uprising. —The Cyber Hymnal™

S. M. Brown

1855 - 1938 Person Name: M. Brown Composer of "[O Lord of heav'n and earth and sea]" in The Missionary Triumph

Max Grauman

Composer of "[O Lord of heaven, and earth, and sea]" in Union Hymnal, Songs and Prayers for Jewish Worship. 3rd ed. Revised and enlarged.

Anonymous

Person Name: *** Composer of "[O God of heav'n, and earth, and sea]" in Notes of Victory for Sunday Schools In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.