Treasure No 26: Some Useful Dates

Treasure No 26: Some Useful Dates by Andrew Hayden:
An article from Bulletin 99, Winter 1963

Mr Andrew J. Hayden has sent the following list of dates of the deaths of authors and composers of hymns who died between 1951 and 1960. Since such information is often peculiarly difficult to come by, we reproduce it here, with thanks to its author.

1951	Name	Place of death
18 January	Charmichael, Amy B.	Dohnavur	SSP	569
21 March	Trevelyan, R. G.	Dorking	OBC	73
29 March	Matthews, Basil.	Oxford	CP	345
11 June	Callin, Robert W.	Bradford	MSHB	107	T
	Barrows, Donald S.	U.S.A.	CP	177	T

1952	Name	Place of death
13 February	MacNicol, N.	Edinburgh	CH	406
14 February	Rowley, Francis H.		CH CH	701 683
25 July	Murril, Herbert	St John’s Wood	BBC	273	T
27 September	Parkinson, Bernard R	Worthing	BCH (1900)	797	T
21 December	Peers, E. Allison	Liverpool	SP	600
	Challinor, F. A.	Paignton	CP	112
	Roberts, A. O.		ICH	305	T
	Salmon, Arthur L.	Bristol	ESHB	171

1953	Name	Place of death
5 March	Cook, E. T.	Chipstead	BBC	(plainsong)	T
26 March	Merrington, E. H.	Wellington, N.Z.	CH	642
11 April	Tweedy, H. H.	Brattlebury, Vermont	BBC	23
22 April	Hartley, Lloyd	Lancaster	CoH WS	706 Arrangement 591
4 May	Noble, T. Tertius	Rockport, Mass.	SSH AMS	542 144	T
23 May	Every, William		CoH	429	T
27 May	Foss, Hubert J.	Golders Green	SP	170	T
20 July	Struther, Jan	New York	SP	377
3 October	Bax, Arnold	Cork	SP	107	T
5 October	Roberts, R. E.	Carmel by the Sea, California	SP	251	T
Early October	Roberts, Richard Ellis (obituary in New York Times, 7/10/53)		SP BHB	231 238
15 November	Cocker, Norman	Dukinfield	BBC	243	T
26 November	Atkins, Ivor	Worcester	EH	400	T
27 November	Matthews, J. H.		AMR	496	T
7 December	Clark, Thomas Curtis (obituary in New York Times, 9/12/53)		BHB	655	T
	Barham-Gould, Arthur C.		BHB	596	T
10 December	Lewis, Howell Elvet	Penarth	CP	342
	Blaxhill, E. Alec	Colchester	ScW	303

1954	Name	Place of death
12 March	Menzies, G. K.	Haslemere	SP	325
27 March	Dearle, Duncan W.		AMR	449	T
30 March	Brierley, Harold E.	Southbourne	BCHR	702	T
19 June	Grieve, J. Nicol	Liverpool	AMR	380
	Merril, W. P.	New York	SP	635
1 August	Carter, Henry Child	Bishop’s Stortford	CP	352
19 September	Arkwright, J. S.	Presteign	AMR AMR	584 585
17 November	Fletcher, Frank	Hindhead	CP	116

1955	Name	Place of death
7 April	Capern, James A.	Esher	BCH (1900)	146	T
16 May	Alington, Cyril A.	St Weonards, Herefordshire	SP	154
1 August	Blakeney, E. H.	Winchester	AMR	315
27 October	Groves, Cecil T.	Leicester	MHB MHB	76 936	T T
	Baskeyfield, George	Tunstall (Died in early part of year since obituary in “The Choir” 6/55)	MHB	514
	Sutton, Ethel K.

1956	Name	Place of death
7 February	Newbolt, Michael C.	Bierton	MSHB	147
11 February	Porter, Dorothy de Bock	Hendon	CoH CoH	622 356	T T
19 June	Arnold, J. H.	Harrow	EH	(plainsong)	T
	Penn, William J.		ChrP =BBC	193 320
	Woolaston, Geoffrey H.		BCHR	98	T
	Wallis, Sidney J.	Hastings	BBC	154

1957	Name	Place of death
8 April	Hallack, Edith S.		SSH SSH	312 563	T T
6 May	Thatcher, Reginald S.	Cranleigh	CL	252	T
14 June	Bell, Maud A.	St Marylebone	SP	330
11 September	Watt, Lachlan McB	Lochcarron	CH	402
20 September	Sibelius, J.	Finland	CH	556	T
24 November	Wilson, David F. R.		SP	601
30 November	Brockless, G. F.	Redhill	M MHB	125 127	T
	Morgan, George S.		MSHB	41
	Parkyn, William G.	Berkhamstead	CoH CoH	347 626	T T
	Runyan, William M.		BHB	576

1958	Name	Place of death
24 February	Smith, Florence Margaret		AMR	495
30 April	Groser, Horace G.	Lambeth	SSH SSH	288 312
26 August	Vaughan Williams, R.	St Marylebone	EH	152	T
3 October	Bell, G. K. A.	Canterbury	CP	365
15 October	Rowland, A. Norman	Chelsea	ScW	309
24 October	Shaw, Martin E. F.	Southwold	SP	678	T
12 November	Hunt, J. E.	Shrewsbury	BBC	359	T
17 November	Smith, L. J. E.	Taunton	BHB	7
26 November	Lewis, Evelyn M.	Newtown (Montgomery)	CH	226
19 December	Crum, J. M. C.	Farnham	CH	41
25 December	Hamilton, W. H.		SSP	273

1959	Name	Place of death
20 February	Houseman, Laurence	Glastonbury	SP	326
6 November	Lee, J. Vernon	Southampton	CP	420	T
29 December	Milford, Robin H.	Lyme Regis	SP	504	T
30 December	Briggs, G. Wallace	Hindhead	SP	60
	Boreham, Frank W.		BHB	576
	Clunk, Frederick W.		SSH	403G	T

1960	Name	Place of death
6 February	Stevenson, Lilian S.	Beaconsfield	CP	175
1 March	Chisholm, T.O.	Ocean Grove, N.J.	BHB	576	T
12 May	Gibbs, Cecil. Armstrong	Chelmsford	SP	646	T
27 May	Dobson, Charles C.	Lymington
30 June	Lloyd, J. M.	Barry	BHB	590	T
19 September	Scott, J. S.	Scarborough	SP	471	T
20 October	Stocks, G. G.		CH	48	T
6 November	Barnes, Archie F.	Paignton	CP CH	638 638	T T

T indicates composer of a tune Abbreviations: in addition to the usual ones, these are used:—
AMS	—	Hymns Ancient & Modern, standard edition
BCH (1900)	—	Baptist Church Hymnal, 1900 edition
BCHR	—	Baptist Church Hymnal (Revised), 1933
CH	—	Church Hymnary
ChrP	—	Christian Praise
CoH	—	Congregational Hymnary
CL	—	Clarendon Hymn Book
ESHB	—	The English School Hymn Book
ICH	—	Church Hymnal (Irish)
MSHB	—	Methodist School Hymn Book
ScW	—	School Worship
SSH	—	The Sunday School Hymnary
SSP	—	Sunday School Praise
WS	—	Worship Song

Not all actual dates of death are known to Mr Hayden and in some cases there seems to be nothing by the composer or author mentioned in any standard British book. Readers who can supply the blanks may care to share their information with us.

Dr Bernard Massey provided some important amendments and amplifications to the list in Bulletin 99 and again in Bulletin 102 Vol.5 No 14 January 1965, these are included within this list.

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Treasure No 26: Some Useful Dates

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Treasure No 26: Some Useful Dates by Andrew Hayden:
An article from Bulletin 99, Winter 1963