Person Results

Albert W. Ham

Person Name: Dr. Albert Ham Hymnal Number: 488b Composer of "ST. HILDA" in The Book of Common Praise Arranger and conductor

Edmund Phillips

1854 - 1931 Person Name: Edmund Phillips, 1854-1931 Hymnal Number: C156 Composer of "[Glory be to thee O Lord]" in The Book of Common Praise

1829 - 1865 Person Name: William R. Braine Hymnal Number: 762 Composer of "STANHAM" in The Book of Common Praise He served may years as an organist of St. Barnabas Church, Kensington. --The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 218

T. Short

Hymnal Number: C161 Composer of "[Glory be to thee O Lord]" in The Book of Common Praise

Silvio Antoniano

1540 - 1603 Person Name: Silvio Antoniano, b. 1540 Hymnal Number: 847 Author of "How blest the virgin who endued" in The Book of Common Praise Cardinal Silvio Antoniano, was born at Rome in 1540. Through the influence and patronage of Pope Pius IV. he became Professor of the Belles Lettres in the Collegio Romano, and subsequently rose to be the head of the college, and a cardinal. He died in 1603. [Rev. W. A. Shoults, B.D.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, p. 382 (1907)

Charles Edward Riley

1883 - 1971 Person Name: Dean C. E. Riley Hymnal Number: 254 Author of "Jesu, Son of blessed Mary" in The Book of Common Praise Riley, Charles Edward. (Liverpool, England, May 21, 1883--April 16, 1972, Toronto, Ontario). Anglican. McGill University (Montreal), B.A., 1908; Diocesan Theological College, L.Th., 1911; Trinity (Toronto), B.D., 1917; D.D., 1933. Pastorates (all in Ontario) at McNab, 1910-1915; Dundas, 1916-1925; St. Catharines, 1925-1933; dean of Niagara, 1933-1937; dean of Toronto, 1937-1961. His hymn-writing only complemented his work as a preacher and pastor. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

Donald E. P. Perks

Hymnal Number: 292 Composer of "HERALDS" in The Book of Common Praise

Theobald Butler

Person Name: Rev. Lord T. Butler Hymnal Number: 711a Composer of "ST. WYSTAN" in The Book of Common Praise

William Charter Piggott

1872 - 1943 Person Name: Rev. W. Charter Piggott Hymnal Number: 341 Author of "Lord of life, who once wast cradled" in The Book of Common Praise William Charter Piggott was pastor of the Bunyan Meeting Church in Bedford from 1905-1911. He was 33 when he began his ministry at the Bunyan Meeting. He left to become an assistant to Charles Sylvester Horne at Whitefield’s Church, Tottenham Court Rd, London. His ministry was especially successful among young people. email to Hymnary information from Bunyan Meeting Bedford 1650-1950 by H B Tibbutt.