Annie Rebekah Smith (1828-1855)

Gallery Charlestown Female Seminary BIRTH & DEATH b: 16 March 1828; West Wilton, New Hampshired: 26 July 1855; West Wilton, New Hampshire EDUCATION  Charlestown Female Seminary (CFS) in Massachusetts, which offered studies in English, art, music, and languages. Although she planned to become a teacher of French and painting, the onset of an eye problem in 1850,…

Uriah Smith (1832-1903)

Gallery BIRTH & DEATH b: 3 May 1832; West Wilton, New Hampshired: 6 March 1903; Battle Creek, Michigan EDUCATION Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire HIGHLIGHTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS his infected left leg had to be amputated above the knee and this inspired him to invent and patent an artificial leg with a moveable ankle later on patented…

Wayne Hooper (1920-2007)

This short article is reproduced from the International Adventist Musicians Association website, written by Dan Schultz Wayne H. Hooper, a talented musician, was associated with many aspects of the Seventh-day Adventist church’s music for over four decades. Following three decades at the Voice of Prophecy, where he played an outsized role in guiding the evolution…

John Leland (1754-1841)

Gallery BIRTH & DEATH b: 14 May 1754; Grafton, Massachusettsd: 14 January 1841; Adams, Massachusetts EDUCATION Largely in part due to Bible reading HIGHLIGHTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS Wrote about 2 dozen hymns, some reprinted 500 times in American collections, and other texts continued in use into the 20th century Played a substantial part in the molding of the…

Mary Stanley Bunce Palmer Dana Schindler (1810-1883)

Gallery BIRTH & DEATH b: 15 February 1810; Beaufort, South Carolinad: 8 February 1883; Nacogdoches, Texas EDUCATION In Charleston, she was educated by the Misses Ramsay, the daughters of Dr. David Ramsay, the historian, and granddaughters, on the maternal side, of John Laurens, who figured conspicuously in the early history of the American Revolution. The…

George Beverly Shea (1909-2013)

Gallery BIRTH & DEATH b: 1 February 1909; Winchester, Ontariod: 16 April 2013; Montreat, North Carolina EDUCATION Father taught him to play the violin; his mother, also a church musician, gave him piano and organ lessons. Annesley College (Ottawa), Houghton College (New York ), Trinity College (Illinois) HIGHLIGHTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS honorary degrees from Houghton College,…

John Newton (1725-1807)

Gallery BIRTH & DEATH b: 24 July 1725; Wapping, Londond: 21 December 1807; City of London EDUCATION Mother (early education) His mother was a gentle and devout dissenter. She had a deep influence on her sensitive and highly intelligent son, whose early education she undertook personally. She encouraged him to learn by heart passages from…

Will Lamartine Thompson (1847-1909)

Gallery BIRTH & DEATH b: November 7, 1847; Smith’s Ferry, Pennsylvaniad: 20 September 1909; New York City EDUCATION Mount Union College, Ohio (1870)Boston School of MusicNew England Conservatory of Music, Boston (1873)Leipzig Conservatory of Music, Leipzig, Germany HIGHLIGHTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1875 Founded the Will L. Thompson Co. 1875 Composed and published several secular songs (i.e.…

Franklin Edson Belden (1858-1945)

Gallery BIRTH & DEATH b: 21 March 1858; Battle Creek, Michigand: 2 December 1945; Cleveland, Ohio HIGHLIGHTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS Known as the most prolific writer of hymn tunes, gospel songs, and related texts in the early years of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and was referred to as “the sweet singer of Israel” Also known for…

Bede the Venerable (673-735)

Source: Alamy Stock Photo Bede the Venerable b. 673/4; Northumberlandd. May 26, 735 Education Given by his family to Benedict Biscop, abbot of St Peter at Wearmouth, at seven years old, for his education In 682, when Biscop founded the brother monastery of St Paul at Jarrow, Bede was sent to join the new community…