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Herbert Stephen Irons

1834 - 1905 Person Name: H. S. Irons Composer of "HOPE" in Redemption Songs 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

Ralph Harrison

1748 - 1810 Person Name: R. Harrison Composer of "ST. GEORGE" in Methodist Tune Book

Samuel Dyer

1785 - 1835 Arranger of "MENDON" in Hymns of the Kingdom of God Rv Samuel Dyer United Kingdom 1785-1835. Born in White Chapel, Hampshire, the family moved to Wellshire, England, where he was ordained and served as a Baptist minister. In 1806 the family moved to Coventry, and Samuel emigrated to the U.S. in 1811. He married Renee Novak. He taught music and directed choirs in New York City and Philadelphia, PA. He later moved to Baltimore, MD, and wrote, conducted singing schools in the south and east, and conducted the New York Sacred Music Society. He published “New selection of sacred music” (1817), “Anthems” (1822 & 1834), and “The Philadelphia collection of sacred music” (1828). He died in Hoboken, NJ. John Perry

William Smallwood

1831 - 1897 Person Name: William Smallwood, 1831-1897 Composer of "ANTWERP" in The Book of Praise

John Baptiste Calkin

1827 - 1905 Person Name: J. B. Calkin Composer of "CAMDEN" in The Church Hymnal John Baptiste Calkin United Kingdom 1827-1905. Born in London, he was reared in a musical atmosphere. Studying music under his father, and with three brothers, he became a composer, organist, and music teacher. At 19, he was appointed organist, precenter, and choirmaster at St. Columbia's College, Dublin, Ireland, 1846 to 1853. From 1853 to 1863 we was organist and choirmaster at Woburn Chapel, London. From 1863 to 1868, he was organist of Camden Road Chapel. From 1870 to 1884 he was organist at St. Thomas's Church, Camden Town. In 1883 he became professor at Guildhall School of Music and concentrated on teaching and composing. He was also a professor of music and on the council of Trinity College, London, and a member of the Philharmonic Society (1862). In 1893 he was a fellow of the College of Organists. John and wife, Victoire, had four sons, each following a musical carer. He wrote much music for organ and scored string arrangements, sonatas, duos, etc. He died at Hornsey Rise Gardens. John Perry

E. Corkill

Composer of "BROOKLYN" in The Christian Hymnal

Alfred A. Rickert

Person Name: Rev. Alfred A. Rickert Composer of "[Go, labor on! spend and be spent!]" in Saving Grace

John D. Bacon

1900 - 1982 Composer of "[Go, labor on, spend and be spent]" in Into Our Hands John D. Bacon was born March 1, 1900 in New Hope, Texas. He attended the College of Marshall (today East Texas Baptist University) in Marshall, Texas, where he took the opportunity to study music. He was a song leader in the Churches of Christ and taught singing schools as an avocation. Gene C. Finley, Our Garden of Song (West Monroe, LA: Howard Publishing, 1980). --David Russell Hamrick