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Henry Harington

1727 - 1816 Person Name: Henry Harington, 1727-1816 Composer of "HARINGTON" in Hymns of the Kingdom of God Born: September 29, 1727, Kelston, Somerset, England. Died: January 15, 1816, Bath, Somerset, England. Buried: Kelston, Somerset, England. Harington, a physician, was mayor of Bath, England, in 1793, and founded the Harmonic Society there. "A tablet was erected to his memory in Bath Abbey, on which is a curious mathematical figure highly suggestive of a proposition in Euclid, but which is really a design showing the ratios of the vibration numbers in the various intervals of the major scale." Lightwood, p. 358 --www.hymntime.com/tch

Hans G. Nägeli

1773 - 1836 Person Name: Hans Georg Naegeli (1768-1836) Composer of "NAOMI" in Songs of Praise Johann G. Nageli (b. Wetzikon, near Zurich, Switzerland, 1773; d. Wetzikon, 1836) was an influential music educator who lectured throughout Germany and France. Influenced by Johann Pestalozzi, he published his theories of music education in Gangbildungslehre (1810), a book that made a strong impact on Lowell Mason. Nageli composed mainly" choral works, including settings of Goethe's poetry. He received his early instruction from his father, then in Zurich, where he concentrated on the music of. S. Bach. In Zurich, he also established a lending library and a publishing house, which published first editions of Beethoven’s piano sonatas and music by Bach, Handel, and Frescobaldi. Bert Polman

George Augustus Löhr

1821 - 1897 Person Name: G. A. Löhr Composer of "ST. FRANCES" in The Presbyterian Book of Praise Born: April 1821, Warwick, Warwickshire, England (source: 1881 census). Died: August 1897, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Buried: Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester, England. Löhr was a chorister at Magdalen College, Oxford, and went on to attend the Universities of Leipzig & Munich. He worked for a while as assistant to Zachariah Buck at Norwich Cathedral, then moved to Leicester in 1845, to play the organ at St. Margaret’s church, a position he held for four decades. He also taught music, organized music festivals, and, in 1856, founded the Leicester Amateur Harmonic Society. As of 1881, he was a professor of music in Leicester. Music: ST. FRANCES http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/o/h/lohr_ga.htm ================= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Augustus_L%C3%B6hr

John Humphries

1707 - 1740 Person Name: J. Humphries Author of "O Thou from whom all goodness flows" in Christian Melodies

Daniel Protheroe

1866 - 1934 Person Name: Daniel Protheroe. (1866-1934) Composer of "MILWAUKEE" in Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems

S. W. Straub

1842 - 1899 Composer of "[O thou, from whom all goodness flows]" in Living Fountain Solomon.W Straub Solomon was the brother of Maria Straub. His father Joseph was a farmer. His parents, who were of German descent. From Hymnary user, via email

R. G. Staples

b. 1833 Composer of "[O Thou from whom all goodness flows]" in Windows of Heaven Robert Griffin Staples. He was born Robert Griffin on January 24, 1833 in Washington DC. Both of his parents died in a carriage accident when he was an infant; he was then adopted by his mother's sister, Mary Ann King, and her husband, Samuel Johnson Staples and he was given the name Robert Griffin Staples. He was a captain in the Union Army during the Civil War and after the war was promoted to Major. He then worked as chief clerk in the Portsmouth United States Navy Yard. Religion was an important part of his life, as well as music. He died June 20, 1891 in Portsmouth, VA. Dianne Shapiro, from Jean Brickey (great-granddaughter)

W. Wheal

1690 - 1727 Person Name: William Wheall Composer of "BEDFORD" in The Book of Common Praise William Wheal (Weale) c. 1690-1727 was the organist at St. Paul's, Bedford. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Music from Cambridge in 1719. The tune BEDFORD appeared in the "Psalm Singer's Magazine" of 1729, but it was probably first published earlier. It appears in The Divine Musick Scholars Guide by Francis Timbrell, which has an unknown date of publication, but copies found in personal libraries have dates beginning in 1723. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Musical Times" Vol. 49, #781 (Mar. 1, 1908) pp. 165-169

Thomas Turton

1780 - 1864 Person Name: Thomas Turton (1780-1864) Composer of "MEMENTO MEI, DOMINE" in The Oxford Hymn Book Turton, Thomas; b. 25 Feb. 1780 Yorkshire, England; d. 7 Jan. 1864 London; clergyman and scholar