Samuel P. Jackson (February 5, 1818 in Manchester, England – July 27, 1885 in Brooklyn, New York, United States[1]) was an American organist and composer.
His father, James Jackson, was an organ builder; his family immigrated to the United States in 1825, where Samuel learned his father's trade.
[1] Jackson's music teachers were Moran (piano) and Thornton (harmonium).
[1] For many years he was music-proof reader to G. Schirmer, New York.
[1] Besides a variety of vocal sacred music, he published Gems for the Organ and four books of very popular Organ-Voluntaries.