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...

Joseph Summers (1843–1916) was a musician and composer. He wrote a number of tunes for Christian hymns among which is Palmyra, a tune which is often associated...

1926 – 12 August 2024) was a bishop of the Church of England and a noted hymnwriter. He wrote around 400 hymns, including "Tell Out, My Soul". Dudley-Smith...

Stuart Townend (born 1963) is an English Christian worship leader and writer of hymns and contemporary worship music. His songs include "In Christ Alone"...

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...

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...

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...

Joël Blomqvist (1840 - 1930) was a Swedish hymnwriter. Blomqvist, Joël v t e...

British clergyman and hymnwriter...

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...

post-reformation and only Jesuit saint. He was one of the leading 20th century hymnwriters and produced two collections: New Hymns for All Seasons (1969) and Praise...

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...

formations: Hell's Gate and Devil's Den. Ida Lilliard Reed (1865–1951), noted hymnwriter, lived nearby. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System:...

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Elizabeth Hamilton (née Schuyler /ˈskaɪlər/; August 9, 1757 – November 9, 1854) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was the wife of American...

Aarflot (3 January 1795 – 29 October 1859) was a Norwegian Christian hymnwriter and author within the Haugean Movement (haugianere). Berte Canutte Aarflot...

John Wesley (/ˈwɛsli/; 28 June [O.S. 17 June] 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement...

Margaret Thomas (born 1779) was a Welsh hymnwriter. She was born in 1779 in Llanllechid, Caernarfonshire, Wales; her father was William Llwyd. She wrote...

Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen, pronounced [ˈhɪldəɡaʁt fɔn ˈbɪŋən]; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; c. 1098 – 17 September 1179), also...

Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to...

St. Boniface Gardens, Ventnor Religious writer and hymnwriter Mary Fawler Maude Poet and hymnwriter Albert Midlane Geologist and engineer John Milne Regency...

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Louise Shropshire (February 15, 1913 – November 26, 1993) was an American composer of hymns. The granddaughter of slaves, Louise Shropshire was born Louise...

(1979–1985). Timothy Dudley-Smith, 97, British Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter, archdeacon of Norwich (1973–1981) and bishop of Thetford (1981–1992)...

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians...

(pen name, Theodosia; 1717 – 11 November 1778) was an English Baptist hymnwriter and essayist. For a full century after her death, she filled a larger...

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/ˈrʌdjərd/ RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He...

Ancel Henry Bassett (July 1, 1809 – August 30, 1886) was a Methodist minister, author, editor, and historian who left the Methodist Episcopal Church to...

Elizabeth Parson (née Rooker; 5 June 1812 – 6 May 1873) was a British hymn writer. Elizabeth Parson was born in Tavistock to Reverend William and Elizabeth...

Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone (c. 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italian mystic, poet, and Catholic friar who founded the...