Introduction

Biography

Dearmer at­tend­ed West­min­ster School and Christ Church, Ox­ford (BA 1890, MA 1896).

Percy was the hus­band of ar­tist and writ­er Ma­bel Dear­mer, and fa­ther of Geof­frey Dear­mer

He was or­dained an An­gli­can dea­con in 1891, priest in 1892, and served as vi­car of St. Ma­ry the Vir­gin in Prim­rose Hill, Lon­don (1901–15).

In World War I, he was a Red Cross chap­lain in Ser­bia. In 1916, he worked with the Young Men’s Christ­ian As­so­cia­tion (YMCA) in France. In 1916 & 1917, he joined the Mis­sion of Help in In­dia.

In 1919, he was ap­point­ed pro­fes­sor of ec­cle­si­as­ti­cal art at King’s Col­lege, Lon­don. In 1931, he be­came a ca­non of West­min­ster Ab­bey.

Works

• Wells Ca­thed­ral, 1898
• The Par­son’s Hand­book, 1899
• The Eng­lish Li­tur­gy, 1903
• Dat Boex­ken van der Miss­en, 1903
• The Ser­ver’s Hand­book, 1904
• The Sanc­tu­ary, 1906
• The Pray­er Book, What It Is, 1907
• The Eng­lish Hym­nal, 1906 (ge­ne­ral ed­it­or)
• Everyman’s His­to­ry of the Eng­lish Church, 1909
• A First Rus­sian Read­er, 1915
• The Eng­lish Car­ol Book, with Mar­tin Shaw, 1913 & 1919
• The Art of Pub­lic Wor­ship, 1919
• Lessons on the Way, 5 vol­umes, 1921–25
• Songs of Praise, with Ralph Vaugh­an Will­iams & Martin Shaw, 1925
• Oxford Book of Car­ols, 1928
• Songs of Praise for Boys and Girls, 1929
• Songs of Praise, En­larged, 1931
• Songs of Praise for Lit­tle Child­ren