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Oscar R. Overby

1892 - 1964 Person Name: O. R. Overby Hymnal Number: d192 Author of "To a virgin meek and mild" in Hymns and Songs for Church Schools

Marie Pooler

b. 1928 Hymnal Number: d82 Author of "God's Child" in Hymns and Songs for Church Schools

1823 - 1883 Person Name: Charles Ponterfield Krauth Hymnal Number: d178 Author of "O, wake our hearts in gladness" in Hymns and Songs for Church Schools Charles Porterfield Krauth, D.D.,LL. D.: b. 1823, Martinsburg,Va.; d. 1883. pastor at Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia; President of General Council 1870 to 1880; Professor at the University of Penna; professor of Theology, Phila., Pa.; author of "The Conservative Reformation" Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

U. V. Koren

1826 - 1910 Person Name: Ulrik V. Koren Hymnal Number: d144 Author of "O sing, all ye lands, with a jubilant voice" in Hymns and Songs for Church Schools Born: December 22, 1826, Bergen, Norway. Died: December 19, 1910, Decorah, Iowa. Buried: Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, Decorah, Iowa. Koren has been called the "patriarch of Norwegian-American Lutherans." He graduated from the University of Christiana in 1852; helped found Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota; and received a doctorate of divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1903. He served as pastor of the Washington Prairie congregation in Iowa, and president of the Norwegian Synod (1894-1910). The king of Norway made him a Commander of the Order of St. Olaf for his achievements. His works include: Synodens Salmebog, 1874 --www.hymntime.com/tch/

V. E. Boe

1872 - 1953 Hymnal Number: d192 Author of "To a virgin meek and mild" in Hymns and Songs for Church Schools

C. W. Foss

1855 - 1935 Hymnal Number: d202 Author of "When Christmas morn is dawning" in Hymns and Songs for Church Schools Born: August 28, 1855, Geneva, Illinois. Died: February 8, 1935, Rock Island, Illinois. Son of Swedish immigrants, Foss attended the Red Wing College institute at Red Wing, Minnesota, then entered Augustana College at Rock Island, Illinois, in 1879. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in June 1883. In 1884, he became professor of history and political science at Augustana College. In 1888 he became vice-president of the college, and served until 1900. On the death of Dr. T. N. Hasselquist he was acting president until the election of Dr. Olof Olsson as president in 1891. Upon Olsson’s death, Foss again served as acting president until Dr. Gustav Andreen became president. In addition to his academic positions, Foss was on the board of directors of the Augustana Book Concern, the Board of Home Missions for the Augustana Synod, and was treasurer of the Synod’s Board of Foreign Missions. In 1908, the General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America sent him as a commissioner to inspect its mission field in southern India, where he traveled extensively (1908-09). Upon completing his work in India, he inspected the Synod’s mission in Persia in 1909, and traveled in Egypt, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, southern Russia, and south and central Europe. Foss also found time to edit the Lutheran Quarterly Review, the Augustana Journal, and the Olive Leaf, and contributed to various other magazines and periodicals. His largest literary work was Glimpses of Three Continents, a travelogue through India, the Bible lands and Europe (Augustana Book Concern, 1912). Foss belonged to the American Institute of Civics, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, the American Historical Association, and the Swedish Historical Society of America. He was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church in Rock Island, Illinois. --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Peter A. Sveeggen

1881 - 1959 Person Name: Peter Andrew Sveegen Hymnal Number: d75 Author of "I am so glad each Christmas Eve" in Hymns and Songs for Church Schools

Bradford Gray Webster

1898 - 1991 Person Name: Bradford G. Webster Hymnal Number: d136 Author of "O Jesus Christ, to thee may hymns be rising" in Hymns and Songs for Church Schools Bradford Gray Webster (1898-1991) was born in Syracuse, NY. Before service in World War I, he attended Amherst College. A graduate of Boston University of Theology he served as a Methodist minister for forty years, all in pastorates in New York State. His most popular hymn is "O Jesus Christ, May Grateful Hymns Be Rising." --www.hopepublishing.com/