- A
hymnwriter (or hymn writer, hymnist, hymnodist, hymnographer, etc.) is
someone who
writes the text, music, or both of hymns. In the Judeo-Christian tradition...
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Joseph Summers (1843–1916) was a
musician and composer. He
wrote a
number of
tunes for
Christian hymns,
including "Palmyra",
which is
often ****ociated...
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Thomas Scott (1705–1775) was an
English nonconformist minister,
known as a
writer of hymns. He was a
younger son of
Thomas Scott, an
Independent minister...
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Christopher Martin Idle (born 11
September 1938) is a
British hymnodist. Idle was born in Bromley, Kent, and was
educated at
Eltham College.
After leaving...
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Richard Leach (born in Bangor,
Maine in 1953) is an
American hymn
writer and poet. He
received a B.A from
Bowdoin College in 1974, and an M.Div. from Princeton...
- John
Cawood (1775-1852) was an
English clergyman,
known as a
writer of hymns. He was born on 18
March 1775 in Matlock, Derbyshire, the son of
Thomas Cawood...
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Stuart Townend (born 1963) is an
English Christian worship leader and
writer of
hymns and
contemporary worship music. His
songs include "In
Christ Alone"...
- Joël
Blomqvist (1840 - 1930) was a
Swedish hymnwriter. Blomqvist, Joël v t e...
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Margaret Thomas (born 1779) was a
Welsh hymnwriter. She was born in 1779 in Llanllechid, Caernarfonshire, Wales; her
father was
William Llwyd. She wrote...
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Thomas Kelly (13 July 1769 – 14 May 1855) was an
Irish evangelical,
known as a
Church of
Ireland cleric to 1803, hymn
writer and
founder of the Kellyites...
