Hymn Writers Biographies

Full Name: Whitfield, Frederick Birth Date: 7 January 1827 Birth Place: Threapwood, Shropshire, England Death Date: 13 September 1904 Occupation: Anglican priest, hymn writer, poet …

Full Name: Young, G. A. (George A.) Birth Year: 1855 Death Year: 1935 George A. Young was an American gospel hymn writer of the late …

Short Name: George Bennard Full Name: Bennard, George Birth Year: 1873 Death Year: 1958 George Bennard was an American hymn composer and Methodist Episcopal minister, …

Short Name: George Frideric Handel Full Name: Handel, George Frideric Birth Year: 1685 Death Year: 1759 George Frideric Handel was born on 23 February 1685 …

Short Name: George Orlia Webster Full Name: Webster, George Orlia, 1866–1942 Birth Year: 1866 Death Year: 1942 Biography: George Orlia Webster was an American hymnwriter …

H. L. Turner (fl. late 1800s) was a nineteenth-century American hymn lyricist best known for the gospel song “Christ Returneth (It May Be at Morn)”, …

Short Name: Henry Francis Lyte Full Name: Lyte, Henry Francis Birth Year: 1793 Death Year: 1847 Henry Francis Lyte was born on June 1, 1793, …

Short Name: Henry Francis Lyte Full Name: Lyte, Henry Francis Birth Year: 1793 Death Year: 1847 Henry Francis Lyte was born on June 1, 1793, …

Hillsong Worship is an Australian contemporary Christian praise and worship collective formed in 1983 at Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. Originally known as Hillsong Live, …

Horatio Gates Spafford (1828–1888) was an American lawyer, Presbyterian church elder, and hymn writer whose personal faith and tragic experiences produced one of the most …

Birth/Death: 19 December 1808 – 31 July 1889 Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland Horatius Bonar was born into a devout and intellectually gifted family. His …

Isaac Watts (1674–1748) was an English pastor, theologian, and hymn writer widely known as the father of English hymnody. Born in Southampton, England, Watts showed …