Hymn Writers Biographies
Discover the lives, stories, and spiritual journeys of the authors behind classic hymns and worship songs.
523 writers
523 authors added
1,249 hymns indexed by authors
Top 3:
Bill & Gloria Gaither,
Anonymous,
Traditional English Hymns
Edith McNeill
1 hymn
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Full Name: Edith McNeill Birth/Death: 1920–2014 Edith McNeill was an American composer and devoted member of the Church of the …
Edmond Budry
1 hymn
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Full Name: Edmond Louis Budry Birth/Death: 1854–1932 Edmond Budry was a Swiss hymn writer whose life spanned the late nineteenth …
Edmund H. Sears
2 hymns
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Full Name: Edmund Hamilton Sears Birth/Death: 1810–1876 Edmund Hamilton Sears was an American Unitarian minister and hymn writer, born April …
Edmund Jones
1 hymn
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Full Name: Edmund Jones Birth/Death: 1722–1765 Edmund Jones was an 18th-century Baptist minister and hymn writer, born in 1722 as …
Edna Dow Cheney
1 hymn
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Full Name: Ednah Dow Cheney Birth/Death: 1824–1904 Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney was an American writer, reformer, and philanthropist, born on …
Edna Randolph Worrell
2 hymns
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Full Name: Edna Randolph Worrell Birth/Death: Information not available Edna Randolph Worrell was an American hymn writer whose work is …
Edward Caswall
4 hymns
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Full Name: Edward Caswall Birth/Death: 1814–1878 Edward Caswall was an English clergyman, poet, and hymn writer, born in Yately, Hampshire, …
Edward H. Joy
1 hymn
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Full Name: Edward Henry Joy Birth/Death: 1871–1949 Edward H. Joy was born on November 16, 1871, in Canterbury, Kent, England. …
Edward H. Plumptre
1 hymn
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Full Name: Edward Hayes Plumptre Birth/Death: 1821–1891 Edward Hayes Plumptre was born in London, England, on August 6, 1821. He …
Edward Henry Bickersteth
4 hymns
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Full Name: Edward Henry Bickersteth Birth/Death: 1825–1906 Edward Henry Bickersteth, D.D., was born in January 1825 at Islington, England, the …
Edward Hopper
1 hymn
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Full Name: Edward Hopper Birth/Death: 1816–1888 Edward Hopper, D.D., was born in New York City in 1816, the son of …
Edward Mote
2 hymns
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Full Name: Edward Mote Birth/Death: 1797–1874 Edward Mote was born on January 21, 1797, in Upper Thames Street, London. Early …