Marot, Clement, first Reformed versifier of Davidic Psalms, Geneva, French Switzerland, b. about 1495, d. about 1544. Martini, Rev. Olaus, bishop, b. 1557, d. 1609, Swedish hymnist. Massie, Richard, pastor, b. 1800, d. 1887, Anglican, important English translator of German hymns. Mattes, Rev. John Casper, M. A., b. 1876, Pennsylvania, Lutheran. Melanchthon, Philip, Wittenberg University professor, Praeceptor Germaniae, Luther’s important assistant, b. 1497, d. 1560. Mentzer, Rev. Johann, b. 1658, d. 1734, German hymnist. Meuslin, Rev. Wolfgang, theological professor, b. 1497, d. 1563, German hymnist. Meyfart, Rev. Johann Matthaeus, Erfurt University professor, b. 1590, d. 1642, German Lutheran hymnist. Mortensön Töndebinder, Claus, pastor, b. about 1500, d. about 1577, important early Danish Lutheran hymnist. Muraeus, Rev. Stefan Larsson, court chaplain, b. about 1600, d. 1675, Swedish hymnist. Münter, Rev. Balthasar, b. 1735, d. 1793, German Lutheran hymnist. Neander, Rev. Christ. Friedrich, b. 1723, d. 1802, German Lutheran. Neander, Joachim, b. 1650, d. 1680, important German Reformed pietistic hymnist. Neale, Rev. Dr. John Mason, hymnologist and liturgiologist, b. 1818, d. 1866, important English translator of Greek and Latin hymns. Nelson, Rev. Augustus, Augustana Synod, U. S. A., b. 1863. Neumark, Georg, poet, b. 1621, d. 1681, German Lutheran hymnist. Neumeister, Rev. Erdmann, court preacher, etc., b. 1671, d. 1756, German Lutheran hymnist. Nicolai, Rev. Dr. Philipp, b. 1556, d. 1608, German Lutheran hymnist. Nibelius, Rev. Simon, b. 1747, d. 1820, Swedish Lutheran hymnist. Niemeyer, Aug. Herman, university chancellor, b. 1754, d. 1828, German hymnist. Norenius, Rev. Ericus Laurentii, b. 1635, d. 1696, Swedish Lutheran hymnist. Notker Balbulus, Benedictine monk, warden at St. Gall, d. 912, important writer of Sequences. Nygren, Rev. Carl, b. 1726, d. 1789, Swedish Lutheran hymnist. Nyström, Per Olof, government official, b. 1764, d. 1830, Swedish Lutheran Hymnist. Nilsson, Rev. Paul, court preacher, b. 1866, important Swedish hymnologist. Ohl, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Franklin, b. 1850, Pennsylvania, Lutheran. Olai, Ericus, Upsala University professor, d. 1486, important Swedish hymnist. Olearius, Rev. Dr. Johann, general superintendent Halle and Weissenfels, b. 1611, d. 1684, German Lutheran hymnist. Ollon, Gustaf, b. 1646, d. 1703, important Swedish Lutheran hymnist. Opitz, Martin, historian, b. 1597, d. 1639, important German hymnist. Pappus, Joh., professor of theology, Strassburg, b. 1549, d. 1610. Petri, Laurentius, b. 1499, d. 1573, Upsala University professor and rector, first Lutheran archbishop of Sweden, pupil and follower of Dr. Martin Luther, editor of one of earliest Swedish Lutheran hymn books, important Swedish Lutheran hymnist.