Jan­u­a­ry 7, 1803, Lon­don, Eng­land.

March 22, 1870, Fair­seat, Sev­en­oaks, Kent, Eng­land.

Son of a boot mak­er, Hick­son ed­it­ed the West­min­ster Re­view for a while. His works in­clude:

• The Sing­ing Mas­ter, 1836
• The Use of Sing­ing as Part of the Mor­al Dis­ci­pline of Schools

• Erickson, p. 313

1. God Bless Our Na­tive Land
2. Join Now in Praise, and Sing
3. Now to Hea­ven Our Pray­er As­cend­ing