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A. Croil Falconer

1850 - 1903 Composer of "WESTWOOD" in The Home and School Hymnal Born: October 24, 1850, Ferryport-on-Craig, Fife, Scotland. Died: March 30, 1903, Islington, London, England.

R. Y. Harding

Person Name: R. Y. Harding, 1859- Composer of "KNOWLTON" in The Book of Praise Pseudonym. See also Bonner, Carey, 1859-1938

Person Name: Miss H. O. Knowlton Author of "Jesus loves the little children" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Knowlton, H. 0. Duffield notes under her hymn, "I cannot tell if short or long" (Trust), in Laudes Domini, 1884, that "Miss Knowlton was a school-girl in Illinois at the time of its composition. Professor W. F. Sherwin received it from her through the good offices of one of her teachers, a mutual friend " (English Hymns, 1886, p. 238). --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

T. Martin Towne

1835 - 1912 Person Name: T. M. Towne Composer of "TOWNE" in Methodist Hymn and Tune Book Towne, T. Martin. (Coleraine, Franklin County, Massachusetts, May 31 [sic], 1835-- ). Methodist. Attended Williston's Seminary, East Hampton, Mass. 1855 to Hudson, New York, then Albany. Taught in Ypsilanti, Michigan, then Detroit. Settled in Janesville, Wisconsin. Served in the Civil War. Settled in Chicago; married Belle Kellogg. Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives