1720 - 1793 Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Author of "Ye tempted and tried, to Jesus draw nigh" Wingrove, John. A few hymns by this writer are in J. Middleton's Hymns, 1793. D. Sedgwick dates his pieces 1785. One of these still in common use is, "Hail! my ever blessed Jesus." b. 1720; d. 1793.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
John Wingrove