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Stuart K. Hine

1899 - 1989 Author of "How Great Thou Art" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 Stuart K. Hine was born in 1899 in Great Britain. In much of Stuart’s earlier years he and his wife were missionaries in the Western Ukraine of Russia, where they evangelized as Christian workers and singers. In 1931, Stuart K. Hine and his wife returned to Britain and conducted gospel campaigns throughout Great Britain. During those years, Stuart published many song books and wrote many of his beloved gospel songs. Stuart retired from the active ministry but continued to publish his song books and his music and contributed the majority of his income to various missionary endeavors around the world…Stuart K. Hine’s most popular composition is “How Great Thou Art,” which is recognized in many polls as the number one Hymn in America. Among his other compositions are “Can There Be One,” “O Savior Mine?”, “Faith Is The Bridge,” and “What Can Cleanse My heart?” Mr. Hine died in 1989. --www.gmahalloffame.org/site/stuart-k-hine/

Carl Boberg

1859 - 1940 Person Name: Carl Gustav Boberg (1859-1940) Inspired by Swedish text by of "How Great Thou Art" in Common Praise (1998) Boberg, Carl Gustaf. (Mönsterås, Sweden, August 16, 1859--January 7, 1940, Kalmar). Swedish Covenant. Bible school at Kristinehamn. Editor of Sanningsvittnet 1890-1916, organ of the Evangelical National Foundation. Member of the Swedish Parliament, 1912-1931. Popular speaker and appreciated writer. Published several collections of poetry and a number of hymns. Member of committee responsible for first two hymnals of the Swedish Covenant. Author of "Jesus, Jesus, O det ordet" ("Jesus, Jesus, Name Most Precious"); "Min själ berömmer Gud med fröjd" (My Soul Now Magnifies the Lord"); "O store Gud" ("O Mighty God"). The text now known as "How Great Thou Art" is an English translation of a Russian version based on an earlier German translation of "O store Gud." --J. Irving Erickson, DNAH Archives

Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Translator (into Korean) of "O Lord My God (How Great Thou Art)" in Glory to God 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.

D. T. Niles

1908 - 1970 Author (vs. 4) of "How Great Thou Art" in E. A. C. C. Hymnal

Avis B. Christiansen

1895 - 1985 Transaltor of "Lord, I Adore Thee" in 50 Sacred Favorites Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary

John W. Peterson

1921 - 2006 Person Name: John Peterson Translator of "O Mighty God, When I Behold the Wonder" in Favorites Number 4

George P. Simmonds

1890 - 1991 Person Name: Geo. P. Simmonds Translator of "¡Grande Eres Tú!" in El Himnario Used pseudonyms G Paul S., J. Paul Simon, and J. Pablo Símon

Erik Routley

1917 - 1982 Author of "O Mighty God!" in Rejoice in the Lord

Paul Leddington Wright

b. 1951 Person Name: Paul Leddington Wright, b. 1951 Arranger of "[O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder]" in Singing the Faith

Eugene Thomas

b. 1941 Arranger (last staza) of "HOW GREAT THOU ART" in The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration Eugene Thomas (b. 1941) is an American church musician and arranger best known for his setting of Jack W. Hayford’s Majesty, Worship His Majesty (1981). He has supplied choral endings and harmonizations for many other widely used hymns, crafting accessible SATB textures for congregations and choirs in the late-twentieth-century evangelical tradition. J. S. McDuff (from publisher notes and U.S. copyright filings retrieved 9/15/2025)