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William Croft

1678 - 1727 Composer of "ST. MATTHEW" in Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) William Croft, Mus. Doc. was born in the year 1677 and received his musical education in the Chapel Royal, under Dr. Blow. In 1700 he was admitted a Gentleman Extraordinary of the Chapel Boyd; and in 1707, upon the decease of Jeremiah Clarke, he was appointed joint organist with his mentor, Dr. Blow. In 1709 he was elected organist of Westminster Abbey. This amiable man and excellent musician died in 1727, in the fiftieth year of his age. A very large number of Dr. Croft's compositions remain still in manuscript. Cathedral chants of the XVI, XVII & XVIII centuries, ed. by Edward F. Rimbault, London: D. Almaine & Co., 1844

Louis Spohr

1784 - 1859 Composer of "SPOHR" in Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) Also: Spohr, Ludwig, 1784-1859 Shpor, Lui, 1784-1859 Spohr, L. (Louis), 1784-1859 Shpor, Ludvig, 1784-1859 Spohr, Ludewig, 1784-1859

Andrew D. Brewis

Composer of "FRIEND" in Christian Science Hymnal

Mary Alice Dayton

? - 1940 Author of "Eternal Mind the Potter is" in Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) Dayton, Mary Alice (?--1940, Concord, New Hampshire). A resident of Quincy, Illinois, she studied with Mary Baker Eddy in 1889. She lived in Quincy, Massachusetts, 1893-1939, thereafter in Concord, New Hampshire. She was a Christian Science practitioner and teacher, 1892-1939. --Joan E. Wilson, DNAH Archives