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Samuel Webbe

1770 - 1843 Person Name: Sameul Webbe, the younger, c. 1770-1843 Hymnal Number: 142 Harmoniser of "RICHMOND" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Samuel Webbe, Jr. (1770-1843), adapted the tune RICHMOND. He was organist at Paradise Street Unitarian Church, Liverpool (1798). Later he succeeded his father as organist at the Spanish Ambassador’s Chapel, London (1817), and then St. Nicholas’ Church and St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Chapel, Liverpool. --The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

Susan Warner

1819 - 1885 Person Name: Susan Bogert Warner, 1819-1885 Hymnal Number: 561 Author of "Jesus bids us shine with a pure, clear light" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook

John Miller

1756 - 1810 Person Name: Johannes Müller, 1756-1790 Hymnal Number: 170 Translator of "God reveals His presence" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Miller, John (sometimes given as Müller, or Muller), was a Moravian minister at various places in England and Ireland from 1768; finally at Cootehill, Co. Cavan, from 1805 to 1810. His original hymns and translations were contributed to the Moravian Hymn Book, 1789. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Charles Wood

1866 - 1926 Person Name: Charles Wood, 1806-1926 Hymnal Number: 444 Harmonizer of "VRUECHTEN" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook

Timothy B. Mason

1801 - 1861 Person Name: Timothy Battle Mason, 1801-1861 Hymnal Number: 639 Composer of "EDEN" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Timothy Batelle Mason USA 1801-1861. Born at Medfield, MA, a younger brother of Lowell Mason, he became an author and wrote or co-authored several works, including: “The sacred harp” (1836), “The liberty minstrel” (1845), “The shawm: a library of church music” (1853), “A journey through Kansas” (1855). He founded the Eclectic Academy of Cincinnati, OH. In 1821 he married Alma Harding, and they had six children: Alma, Lucretia, Addison, Henry, Mary, and Abbie. His wife, Alma, died in 1836. In 1837 he married Abigail (Abby) K Hall, and they had three children: Edward, Helen, and William. He was an author, arranger, editor, and compiler of anthems, hymns, tune books, scores, Psalms, motets, and shape-note hymnals. He died from cancer at Cincinnati, OH. John Perry

Alexander Groves

1842 - 1909 Person Name: Alexander Groves, 1843-1909 Hymnal Number: 266 Author of "Break now the bread of life" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook

Thomas Turton

1780 - 1864 Person Name: Thomas Turton, 1780-1864 Hymnal Number: 521a Composer of "ST ETHELDREDA" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Turton, Thomas; b. 25 Feb. 1780 Yorkshire, England; d. 7 Jan. 1864 London; clergyman and scholar

Joseph Mainzer

1801 - 1851 Person Name: Joseph Mainzer, 1801-1851 Hymnal Number: 484 Composer of "MAINZER" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Abbe Joseph Mainzer, b. Trier, 1807; d. Mancehster, 1851 Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, ====================== Born: October 21, 1801, Trier, Germany. Died: November 10, 1851, Higher Broughton (near Manchester), England. Mainzer was educated at the Maîtrise of Trier Cathedral. Having studied engineering, he worked in mines at Saarbrücken, but was ordained in 1826 and after a few years became an abbé. He left Germany in 1833 for political reasons, settling in Brussels, then Paris, and Britain in 1839, living first in Edinburgh, then, after 1847, in Manchester. He published the Musical Times and Singing Circular. Novello took over the publication in 1844, renaming it the Musical Times. Sources: Pratt, p. 622 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/i/mainzer_j.htm ===================== http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mainzer,_Joseph_(DNB00)

Thomas Jackson

1715 - 1781 Person Name: Thomas Jackson, 1715-1781 Hymnal Number: R54a Composer of "JACKSON (BYZANTIUM)" in The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook Jackson played the organ at Newark, England (1768-81). His works include: Twelve Psalm Tunes and Eighteen…Chants, circa 1780 --www.hymntime.com/tch