George Body

George Body was born about Feb­ru­a­ry 1840 in Cred­it­on, De­von­shire, Eng­land. He was educated at St. John’s Coll­ege, Cam­bridge (BA 1862, MA 1876) and served as Cur­ate in several churches and as Proctor for the Archdeaconry of Cleveland in 1880-85. He died on June 5, 1911 in Dur­ham, Eng­land.

His works in­clude:
A re­vi­sion of Ed­ward Hus­band’s Mis­sion Hym­nal 1875
A revision of the Dur­ham Miss­ion Hymn Book
Life of Jus­ti­fi­ca­tion
Life of Temp­ta­tion

N.N., Hymnary. Source: http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/o/d/body_g.htm