The Reverend Canon Percy Dearmer | |
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| Born | Percival Dearmer 27 February 1867 Kilburn, England |
| Died | 29 May 1936 (aged 69) Westminster, England |
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| Religion | Christianity (Anglican) |
| Church | Church of England |
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Congregations served | St Mary-the-Virgin, Primrose Hill |
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| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
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| Discipline | Art |
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| Institutions | King's College, London |
Percival Dearmer (27 February 1867 – 29 May 1936) was an English Anglican priest and liturgist best known as the author of The Parson's Handbook, a liturgical manual for Anglican clergy, and as editor of The English Hymnal. A lifelong socialist, he was an early advocate of the public ministry of women (but not their ordination to the priesthood) and concerned with social justice. Dearmer, with Ralph Vaughan Williams and Martin Shaw, helped revive and spread traditional and medieval English musical forms. His ideas on patterns of worship have been linked to the Arts and Crafts Movement, while The English Hymnal reflects both folkloric scholarship and Christian Socialism.[6][7] At his death, he was a canon of Westminster Abbey, where he ran a canteen for the unemployed.[8]
- ^ Beeson 2006, p. 102; Knight 2016.
- ^ Knight 2016, p. 127.
- ^ a b Knight 2016.
- ^ Beeson 2006, p. 101; P. A. Jones 1968.
- ^ Neville 1998, p. 49.
- ^ Chadwick 2012.
- ^ Palmer Heathman 2017, pp. 183–200.
- ^ Gibson 2001, p. 9.