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Friedrich Silcher

1789 - 1860 Person Name: F. Silcher (1789-1860) Composer of "GOTT EIN VATER" in The Winchester Hymn Supplement

1852 - 1905 Person Name: W. H. H. Jervos Author of "Father, see thy children bending at thy throne" in The Winchester Hymn Supplement 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)

William Bouverie Trevelyan

1853 - 1929 Person Name: W. B. T. Author of "Father, see thy children bending at thy throne" in The Winchester Hymn Supplement Trevelyan, William Bouverie, M.A., of Trinity College, Camb., B.A. 1876, M.A. 1879; D. 1877, P. 1878. From 1881-84 Vice-Principal of Ely College, and 1884 Vicar of St. Matthew's, Westminster. Contributed to C. W. A. Brooke's Additional Hymns, 1903, "Father, see Thy children bending at Thy throne" (Holy Communion). This was repeated with the omission of the refrain in The English Hymnal, 1906. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)