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English composer, organist, and influential music editor best known for creating the hymn tune 'Eventide' for 'Abide with Me'.Monk served as organist and choirmaster at St Matthias Church (Stoke Newington) and St Paul's Church (Hampstead). He was the inaugural musical editor of 'Hymns Ancient and Modern' (1861), shaping Victorian church music. As professor at King's College London and the National Training School for Music, he influenced generations of musicians. His compositions include over 80 hymn tunes and chants.

• Monk composed 'Eventide'—the iconic tune for 'Abide with Me'—reportedly in just 10 minutes during a hymnal committee meeting.
• He died tragically after being run over by an omnibus (horse-drawn bus) in London in 1889, succumbing to injuries weeks later.
• Despite declining the editorship of 'Hymns Ancient and Modern' twice, he accepted in 1861 and transformed it into the era's most influential hymnal.