Hezekiah Butterworth (1839-1905) was a wellknown writer of books for young people, and a poet. Born in Warren, Rhode Island, he was platform lecturer, speaking on education, hymnology, and his travels, which included tours in Europe, South America, Cuba and Canada. Among the works of Butterworth, most of them books for boys, are several volumes of Zig-Zag Journeys, The Knight of Liberty, In the Boyhood of Lincoln, Great Composers, The Patriot Schoolmaster, Songs of History, Poems and Ballads and Boys of Greenway Court, together with several cantatas.
Hezekiah Butterworth (1839-1905) was an American writer, he received a common-school education, he went to Europe, Cuba, Canada, and the United States. He was assistant-editor of the Youths Companion. He was published Story of the Hymns; volumes entitled Zig-Zag Journeys, annual volumes descriptive of the Levant, Acadia, northern lands, the occident, the orient, and classic lands; The Prayers of History; Poems for Christmas, Easter, and New Year; Great Composers, written for Chautauqua readings; and Wonderful Christmas of Old,. He is also the author of the cantata Under the Pahns, of that entitled Faith, and of one called Faith Triumphant,. Mr. Butterworth has also contributed frequently to periodicals, and has traveled and pursued researches in Spanish and French colonial history with reference to a work on the Ballads of Florida.George F. Root (1820-1895), was an American musician, in 1838, Root moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied under George Webb. In 1845, he moved to New York City, playing the organ at the Church of the Strangers, and teaching music at the Abbott Institute for Young Ladies. In 1850, he toured Europe for a year. Afterward, he worked with Lowell Mason, at Bostons Academy of Music. One of his best known songs is The Battle Cry of Freedom.In 1872, the University of Chicago awarded him an honorary Doctor of Music degree.
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