Percy Dearmer
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1867 – 1936
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Who was Percy Dearmer?
Percival "Percy" Dearmer was an English priest and liturgist best known as the author of The Parson's Handbook, a liturgical manual for Anglican clergy. A lifelong socialist, he was an early advocate of the public ministry of women and concerned with social justice. Dearmer also had a strong influence on the music of the church and, with Ralph Vaughan Williams and Martin Shaw, is credited with the revival and spread of traditional and medieval English musical forms.
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- Born
- Feb 27, 1867
England - Religion
- Anglicanism
- Education
- Christ Church, Oxford
- Westminster School
- Lived in
- Kilburn, London
- Died
- May 29, 1936
- Resting place
- Westminster Abbey
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on July 23, 2013
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