Percy Dearmer was an Anglican priest and liturgist, vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill, and later a canon of Westminster. He edited The English Hymnal with Ralph Vaughan Williams, bringing traditional English tunes back into church use, and worked with Vaughan Williams and Martin Shaw on Songs of Praise and The Oxford Book of Carols.
© Hollyer, Frederick, born 1837 - died 1933 (photographer)Public Domain Mark Percy Dearmer
Priest and editor; The English Hymnal
- Born
- 27 February 1867, Kilburn, London
- Died
- 29 May 1936, Westminster, London
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