Sir John Goss (December 27, 1800 - May 10, 1880) was an English organist and composerNew Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 1980, London, McMillan ISBN 0333231112 Vol 7 p 559, perhaps best known for his hymn "Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven" The music of the English parish church, Temperley,N: 1979, Cambridge, C.U.P. He was born in Fareham where his father was organist at the parish churchJames (ibid) and studied under Thomas AttwoodThe Book of Fareham: from Market Town to Market Quay Burton,L/Musselwhite,B: Tiverton, Halsgrove 2006 ISBN 1841145076, whom he succeeded as organist at St. Paul's Cathedral in 1838Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations Pearce,C.W: 1909, London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd Appendix I p XXiii. He was a contemporary of James Turle at Westminster Abbey. Goss's own pupils included Arthur Sullivan and Frede