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Amelia DeF. Lockwood

1840 - 1910 Hymnal Number: 590 Author of "Saviour, Who Thy life didst give" in Church Hymns and Tunes Lockwood, Amelia de F. In The Pilgrim Hymnal, Boston, 1904, the hymn, "Saviour, Who Thy life didst give" (For the Baptism of the Spirit), is given with this name as the writer. Beyond this we have no information. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

F. Cunningham Woods

1862 - 1929 Person Name: F. C. Woods Hymnal Number: 562 Composer of "HIGHGATE" in Church Hymns and Tunes

Edith Jones

1849 - 1929 Person Name: E. J. Hymnal Number: 641 Author of "Father, Who art alone" in Church Hymns and Tunes

A. Hudson

Hymnal Number: 444 Composer of "CAMDEN ROAD" in Church Hymns and Tunes

William Robertson

1820 - 1864 Person Name: W. Robertson Hymnal Number: 562 Author of "A little child the Saviour came" in Church Hymns and Tunes Robertson, William, M.A., eldest son of the Rev. John Robertson, D.D., of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, was born at Cambuslang, July 15, 1820. He studied and graduated M.A. at the University of Glasgow. In 1843 he became parish minister of Monzievaird, Perthshire, where he died June 9, 1864. He was appointed a member of the Hymnal Committee of the Established Church in 1852, 1853, and 1857, and contributed 2 hymns to their Hymns for Public Worship, 1861, since included in their Scottish Hymnal, 1869, which have attained considerable popularity, viz., "A little child the Saviour came" (Christmas), and a version of the Te Deum, which begins, "Thee God we praise, Thee Lord confess." [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

H. F. Benson

1859 - 1933 Hymnal Number: 274 Composer of "AURORA" in Church Hymns and Tunes

H. C. Andersen

1805 - 1875 Person Name: Hans Christian Andersen Hymnal Number: 143 Author of "Child Jesus comes from Heav'nly height" in Church Hymns and Tunes Andersen, Hans Christian, son of poor parents, was born at Odense, Denmark, April 2, 1805, and died Aug. 4, 1875. He is well known as a poet, and a writer for children. His Christmas Carol, "Child Jesus comes from heavenly height," translated from the Danish, is in The Evangelical Hymnal, N. Y., 1880. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)