Hymn Writers Biographies

Short Name: Bryan Jeffery Leech Full Name: Leech, Bryan Jeffery Birth Year: 1931 Death Year: 2015 Bryan Jeffery Leech was born in Middlesex, England, in …

Short Name: Bryn Rees Full Name: Rees, Bryn Birth Year: 1911 Death Year: 1983 Bryn Rees was a 20th-century hymn writer whose work appears in …

C. Austin Miles (1868–1946) was a prolific American gospel song writer and composer best known for some of the most enduring hymns in Christian worship. …

Charles Thomas Studd (1860 – 1931) Charles Thomas Studd, often known simply as C. T. Studd, was a British Christian missionary and former England cricket …

Carl Gustav Boberg (1859–1940) was a Swedish poet, preacher, government official, and hymn writer best known for penning the original Swedish text that became the …

Birth Year: 1827 Death Year: 1878 Catherine Winkworth (1827) was one of the most important translators of German hymns into English during the nineteenth century. …

Short Name: Cecil Frances Alexander Full Name: Alexander, Cecil Frances, 1818–1895 Birth Year: 1818 Death Year: 1895 Biography: Alexander, Cecil Frances, née Humphreys, was born …

irth Year: 1676 Death Year: 1749 Place of Birth: Buzaney, Ardennes, France Charles Coffin was born in 1676 at Buzaney in the Ardennes. He was …

Short Name: Charles E. Moody Full Name: Moody, Charles E. Birth Year: 1891 Death Year: 1977 Biography: Charles Ernest Moody was a 20th‑century American gospel …

Short Name: Charles Price Jones Full Name: Jones, Charles Price Birth Year: 1865 Death Year: 1949 Charles Price Jones was born on December 9, 1865, …

Charles Wesley (1707–1788) was an English hymn writer and Anglican clergyman whose hymns played a central role in the Methodist revival of the eighteenth century. …

Charles H. Gabriel (1856–1932) was one of the most prolific American gospel song and hymn composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, whose …