Percy Dearmer

The Reverend Canon

Percy Dearmer
The Reverend Canon; Percy Dearmer
Born	Percival Dearmer; 27 February 1867; Kilburn, England
Died	29 May 1936 (aged 69); Westminster, England
Notable work	The Parson's Handbook (1899); The English Hymnal (1906); Songs of Praise (1925); The Oxford Book of Carols (1928);
Spouses	Mabel White (m. 1892; died 1915); Nancy Knowles (m. 1916);
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Anglican)
Church	Church of England
Ordained	1891 (deacon); 1892 (priest);
Congregations served	St Mary-the-Virgin, Primrose Hill
Academic background
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford
Influences	Charles Gore; F. D. Maurice; Francis Edward Paget; York Powell; John Ruskin; Thomas Strong;
Academic work
Discipline	Art
Sub-discipline	Ecclesiastical art; liturgics;
Institutions	King's College, London

Percival Dearmer (1867–1936) 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, is credited with the revival and spread of 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 the influence both of artistic and folkloric scholarship and Christian Socialism. At his death, he was a canon of Westminster Abbey, from where he ran a canteen for the unemployed.

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