Franzen, Frans Michael, bishop, b. 1772, d. 1847, great Swedish Lutheran hymnist. Freylinghausen, Johann, b. 1670, d. 1739, German hymnist. Frimann, Claus, pastor, b. 1746, d. 1829, Norwegian hymnist. Funcke, Rev. Friedrich, b. 1642, d. 1699, German Lutheran hymnist. Gardie, Magnus Gabriel de la, chancellor, count, etc., b. 1622, d. 1688, Swedish hymnist. Geijer, Erik Gustaf, Upsala University professor, great Swedish poet, historian, b. 1783, d. 1847, Swedish Lutheran hymnist. Gellert, Rev. Christian F., professor, Leipzig, b. 1715, d. 1769. Gerdes (Gerdessen), Johann, pastor of German Church, Stockholm, Sweden, b. 1624, d. 1673. Gerhardt, Paul, b. 1607, d. 1676, great German Lutheran hymnist. Gezelius, J., bishop in Swedish Church, b. 1647, d. 1718. Gesenius, Rev. Dr. Justus, court chaplain, court preacher, b. 1601, d. 1673, German Lutheran hymnist. Gotter, Ludwig Andreas, b. 1661, d. 1735, German Lutheran hymnist. Gramann, Johann, pastor, b. 1487, d. 1541, early German Lutheran hymnist. Gregory the Great, b. 540, d. 604, important early Latin hymnist. Gripenhjelm, Edmund, Upsala University professor, senator, etc., b. 1622, d. 1675, Swedish Lutheran hymnist. Grundtvig, Rev. N. F. S., b. 1783, d. 1872, great Danish Lutheran hymnist. Günther, Cyriacus, b. 1649, d. 1704, German hymnist. Gustavus Adolphus, one of Sweden’s greatest kings, great conquering hero of oppressed Protestantism, b. 1594, fell in the battle of Lützen, November 6, 1632. Gyllenborg, Gustaf Fredrik, count, Secretary of State, great Swedish poet, b. 1731, d. 1808. Hardenberg, Freiherr von, b. 1772, d. 1801, German Lutheran hymnist. Harsdörffer, Georg Philipp, councillor, b. 1607, d. 1658, German hymnist. Hauge, A., dean in Norwegian Church, b. 1815, d. 1892, important Norwegian hymnist and hymnologist. Hedborn, Samuel J., court chaplain, pastor, great Swedish poet, b. 1783, d. 1849, great Swedish Lutheran hymnist. Heermann, Johann, pastor, b. 1585, d. 1647, great German Lutheran hymnist. Held, Heinrich, d. 1655, lawyer, German Lutheran hymnist. Helmbold, Ludwig, superintendent, b. 1532, d. 1598, German Lutheran hymnist. Herberger, Valerius, pastor, b. 1562, d. 1627, German Lutheran hymnist. Hermann, Nicolaus, schoolmaster, cantor and organist, d. 1561, important German-Bohemian hymnist. Herzog, Joh. Friedrich, LL.D., Dresden, b. 1647, d. 1699, German hymnist. Hey, Rev. Johann Wilhelm, b. 1789, d. 1854, German Lutheran Pietist. Heyd, Sebaldus, rector at Nürnberg, b. 1498, d. 1561. Hilarius (Hilary), famous Bishop of Poitiers, d. 368, first Latin hymnist. Hiller, Philipp, pastor, b. 1699, d. 1769, German Lutheran hymnist. Hjerten, J., pastor, b. 1781, d. 1835, Swedish Lutheran hymnist. Homberg, Ernst Christoph, lawyer, b. 1605, d. 1681, German Lutheran hymnist. Hoppe, Miss Anna, of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin, American Lutheran hymnist.