Hymn Writers Biographies

Full Name: Traditional English Carol (Anonymous) Origin: England Date Range: Medieval period through the early modern era Authorship: Anonymous Traditional …

Traditional English hymns refer to congregational songs that developed primarily in England from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries and …

These are Hymns for which the origin of the Author is either unclear or unknown. If you would like to …

Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus (c. 530–609) was a pivotal figure in early medieval Latin literature and hymnody, serving as a …

Full Name: Martin, W. C. (William Clark) Birth Year: 1864 Death Year: 1914 William Clark Martin was born in 1864 …

William Orcutt Cushing was a devoted American minister and prolific hymnwriter, born in Hingham, Massachusetts, on December 31, 1823. Raised …

Birth Year: 1847 Death Year: 1909 Will Lamartine Thompson (1847–1909) was an American hymn writer, composer, and music publisher who …

Short Name: W. A. Ogden Full Name: Ogden, William Augustine Birth Year: 1841 Death Year: 1897 William Augustine Ogden was …

William Cowper (1731–1800) was an English poet and hymn writer whose work has had lasting influence in both Christian worship …

Full Name: Crosswell, William Birth Year: 1804 Death Year: 1851 William Crosswell, sometimes spelled William Croswell in later publications, was …

Short Name: W. O. Cushing Full Name: Cushing, William Orcutt Birth Year: 1823 Death Year: 1902 William Orcutt Cushing was …

Short Name: William H. Clark Full Name: Clark, William Henry Birth Year: 1854 Death Year: 1925 William Henry Clark was …