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Virgil Corydon Taylor

1817 - 1891 Person Name: V. C. Taylor Hymnal Number: 80 Composer of "LOUVAN" in The Junior Song and Service Book

John Stafford Smith

1750 - 1836 Hymnal Number: 61 Composer of "[Oh! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light]" in The Junior Song and Service Book

Edmund S. Carter

1845 - 1923 Person Name: E. S. Carter Hymnal Number: 116 Composer of "CARTER" in The Junior Song and Service Book Born: Feb­ru­a­ry 3, 1845, New Mal­ton, York­shire, Eng­land. Died: May 23, 1923, Scar­bo­rough, York­shire, Eng­land. Carter at­tend­ed Wor­ces­ter Coll­ege, Ox­ford (BA & MA 1871). He was or­dained dea­con in 1871, and priest in 1872. He served as Cur­ate of Christ Church, Eal­ing, Mid­dle­sex (1871-75); Vi­car chor­al of York Min­ster (1875); Rec­tor of St. Mar­tin, Mic­kle­gate, York (1877-82); and Vi­car of St. Mi­chael Bel­fry, York (1882). Music: DAY BY DAY WREFORD --www.hymntime.com/tch/

William S. Bambridge

1842 - 1923 Hymnal Number: 88 Composer of "ST. ASAPH" in The Junior Song and Service Book

Adelaide M. Plumptre

1871 - 1948 Hymnal Number: 73 Author of "Keep Thyself Pure" in The Junior Song and Service Book Plumptre, Adelaide Mary (Wynne Willson). (Hanborough, England, January 22, 1871--September 1948, Toronto, Ontario). Anglican. Studied, then taught, at Somerville College, Oxford, before marrying (1901) Henry Pemberton Plumptre and coming to Canada, where he became chaplain of Wycliffe College, Toronto (1901-1903) and curate of St. George's, Montreal (1903-1908) before returning briefly to England. In 1909 he came back to Toronto as rector of St. James' Cathedral, succeeding Edward Ashurst Welch; after his retirement in 1935, the couple lived on in Toronto, where Adelaide Plumptre published a pamphlet of hymns just before her death. "Keep thyself pure!", which the Book of Common Praise (1908 and 1938) included, dates from 1907, when the temperance movement in Canada was reaching its height. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives

George Orlia Webster

1866 - 1942 Person Name: Rev. Geo. O. Webster Hymnal Number: 19 Author of "Yes, You May" in The Junior Song and Service Book

Ada Blenkhorn

1858 - 1927 Hymnal Number: 33 Author of "There Is a Song So Sweet" in The Junior Song and Service Book Ada Jane Blenkhorn Canada 1858-1927 Born in Cobourg, Ontario, the 10th of 11 children, she emigrated with her family to the U.S. In 1884 and settled in Cleveland, OH.. She was raised a Methodist, and began writing hymn lyrics at age 34. A prolific writer of hymn lyrics, she was about to give it up when a friend encouraged her to continue, telling her some soul might be saved by a hymn she would write. She worked for many years as secretary to her brother, Henry's, real estate company. After his death in 1923, she became president of the company. She never married. John Perry

Howard E. Smith

1863 - 1918 Hymnal Number: 18 Composer of "[Word of the Father, O light from on high]" in The Junior Song and Service Book

D. C. M. Hume

b. 1884 Person Name: Duncan Hume Hymnal Number: 78 Composer of "[Dare to be brave, dare to be true]" in The Junior Song and Service Book

Edith Sanford Tillotson

1876 - 1968 Hymnal Number: 29 Author of "Hear Us" in The Junior Song and Service Book Edith Sanford Tillotson was born and lived her entire life in Corona, New York. She wrote hymns for children as well as poems and librettos. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)

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