James Harvey Bloom

Who was James Harvey Bloom?

James Harvey Bloom was an English clergyman and antiquary.

Bloom was the son of Rev. James Graver Bloom. A non-collegiate student at the University of Cambridge, he gained his B.A. in 1887 and a M.A. in 1891. Ordained deacon in Calcutta in 1888, he was curate of St Andrew's, Hertford. After becoming a priest in 1890, he was curate of Hemsworth from 1890 to 1892. He was Headmaster of Long Marston Grammar School from 1893 to 1895, and then Rector of Whitchurch, Warwickshire from 1896 to 1917.

Bloom was a genealogist, antiquarian and miscellaneous author.

Bloom died in 1944. His books were sold at auction.

His daughter was the novelist Ursula Bloom, who published a memoir of her father, Parson Extraordinary.