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John Stainer
1840 - 1901 Person Name: John Stainer, 1840-1910 Composer of "HOLY JESU" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New
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Person Name: Anon. Author of "Crucifed I turn to thee" in Wartburg Hymnal In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
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W. J. Sparrow-Simpson
1859 - 1952 Person Name: William John Sparrow-Simpson, 1859-1952 Author of "Holy Jesu, by thy passion" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New Simpson, William John Sparrow, M.A., was educated at Trin. College, Camb., B.A. 1882, M.A. 1886. Ordained in 1882, he held various appointments until 1904, when he became Chaplain to St. Mary's Hospital, Great Ilford. He has published several works, including a Memoir of Dr. W. S. Simpson, 1899. He contributed "All for Jesus—all for Jesus" (All for Jesus), and "Jesus, the Crucified, prays for me" (Passiontide), to C. W. A. Brooke's Additional Hymns, 1901). These hymns originally appeared in Sir J. Stainer's cantata The Crucifixion, 1887, the book of words of which was compiled by Mr. Simpson.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
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