November 22

On November 22, 3 anniversaries fall in the history of the hymns in this library: D. W. Whittle was born in 1840; John Hughes was born in 1873; Arthur Sullivan died in 1900.

Each date below is given only where two independent sources — Hymnary.org and Wikidata — agree on the year, and the day itself comes from Wikidata. Dates before the 1750s are given as they were recorded at the time, in the Old Style calendar where that was in use.

D. W. Whittle, who was born on this day in 1840, is remembered in this library for the hymns “There Shall Be Showers of Blessing”, “I Know Not Why God's Wondrous Grace” and “Why Not Now?”.

John Hughes, who was born on this day in 1873, is remembered in this library for the tune CWM RHONDDA.

Arthur Sullivan, who died on this day in 1900, is remembered in this library for the tunes ST. EDMUND (SULLIVAN) and ST. GERTRUDE.

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