Percy Dearmer

Percy Dearmer
Born
Percival Dearmer

(1867-02-27)27 February 1867
Kilburn, England
Died29 May 1936(1936-05-29) (aged 69)
Westminster, England
Notable work
Spouses
  • (m. 1892; died 1915)
  • Nancy Knowles
    (m. 1916)
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained
  • 1891 (deacon)
  • 1892 (priest)
Congregations served
St Mary-the-Virgin, Primrose Hill
Academic background
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineArt
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsKing'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]