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Henry Cary Shuttleworth

1850 - 1900 Person Name: H. C. Shuttleworth, 1850-1900 Hymnal Number: 409b Author of "Father of men, in whom are one" in Songs of Praise Shuttleworth, Henry Cary, M.A., son of the Rev. Edward Shuttleworth, was born at Egloshayle Vicarage, Cornwall, Oct. 20, 1850, educated at St. Mary's Hall, Oxford; B.A. 1873, M.A. 1876. Ordained D. 1873, P. 1874; Chaplain Ch. Ch., Oxford; Minor Canon of St. Paul's; and Rector of St. Nicholas, Cole-Abbey, London, 1883. He was also Prof. of Pastoral and Liturgical Theology, and Lect. Eccl. Hist, and English Lit., and in the New T., in K.C.L. He published The Last Words of the Saviour (3rd ed. 1879), Song, 1885, The Place of Music in Public Worship (2nd ed. 1893), Hymns for Private Use, 1896. He also compiled a small Appendix to Church Hymns for use in St. Nicholas' Church, in which several of his own hymns appeared. Of these hymns the following were included in the 1903 ed. of Church Hymns;— 1. Father, ere yet another day is ended. [Evening.] 2. Father of men, in Whom are one. [Friendly Societies.] This appeared with music by the author in the Church Monthly, 1898, p. 124. He died Oct. 24, 1900, and a Memoir of him was published in 1902. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

Thomas Browne

1605 - 1682 Person Name: Sir Thomas Browne (cento), 1605-82 Hymnal Number: 41a Author of "The night is come like to the day" in Songs of Praise Browne, Sir Thomas, born in St. Michael's, Cheapside, London, Oct. 19, 1605, and educated at Winchester, and at the Hall now known as Pembroke College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1626. He practised as a physician in Oxfordshire, Shipden Hall, near Halifax, Yorkshire, and at Norwich. In 1671 he was knighted by Charles II. at Norwich, and died there, Oct. 10, 1682. He wrote numerous scientific, antiquarian, and other works, including Religio Medici, 1642, and others, republished in Bonn's Library. The Religio Medici has been edited in the Golden Treasury series, Macmillan, 1882, with great fulness of detail. He is known principally to hymnology through his fine hymn, "The night is come; like to the day." -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

J. G. Fesch, 1790-1864

1790 - 1864 Hymnal Number: 302 Composer of "BLACKBOURNE" in Songs of Praise

Joseph Bryan

Hymnal Number: 69 Author of "To my humble supplication" in Songs of Praise

W. H. H. Jervois

1852 - 1905 Person Name: W. H. H. Jervois, 1852-1905 Hymnal Number: 153 Author of "Wherefore, O Father, we thy humble servants" in Songs of Praise Born: October 1852, Alderney, Channel Islands, United Kingdom (where his father was stationed) Died: August 5, 1905, St. Marylebone, London, England. Jervois, William Henry Hammond, M.A., was born in Oct. 1852 on the Isle of Alderney, where his father, W. F. D. Jervois, afterwards Lieut. General, was then stationed. He was educated at Rugby and at Trinity College, Oxford (B.A. 1876, M.A. 1878), and was ordained D. 1878, P. 1879. He became Vicar of St. Mary Magdalene, Munster Square, London, in 1896, and died Aug. 5, 1905. He was, until his death, a member of the Committee who compiled The English Hymnal, 1906, and contributed to it:— 1. Father, see Thy children bending at Thy throne. Holy Communion. This was jointly with the Rev. W. R Trevelyan, Vicar of St. Matthew's, Westminster, London. 2. See, Father, Thy beloved Son. Holy Communion. 3. Wherefore, O Father, we Thy humble servants. Holy Communion. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)