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Anonymous
Person Name: Anon. Author of "Jerusalem! my happy home!" in Songs for the Service of Prayer 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.
Anonymous
Edward L. White
1809 - 1851 Person Name: E. L. White Composer of "JOYFUL SOUND" in Songs for the Service of Prayer
Edward L. White
David Dickson
1583 - 1663 Adapter of "Jerusalem, my happy home" in The National Hymn Book of the American Churches Dickson, David, the reputed author of "Jerusalem, my happy home," in the form of "O mother dear, Jerusalem," was a Scottish Presbyterian Minister born at Glasgow in 1583, and for some time Professor of Divinity at Glasgow (1610), and then (1650) in the University of Edinburgh. He was deprived of his office at the Restoration for refusing the Oath of Supremacy, and died in 1663. His Life was published by Robert Wodrow in 1726. His connection with the Jerusalem hymn is given under Jerusalem, my happy home, q.v.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
David Dickson
Francis Baker
1550 - 1660 Person Name: Rev. Francis Baker Author of "O mother dear, Jerusalem" in Songs for the Service of Prayer
Francis Baker
Rollin C. Ward
Person Name: R. C. Ward Author (Chorus) of "Jerusalem, My Glorious Home" in Crown Him
Rollin C. Ward
