Dearmer at­tend­ed West­min­ster School and Christ Church, Ox­ford (BA 1890, MA 1896). 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 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. He wrote or ed­it­ed:

• 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
• Canson Book: 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

• Haeussler, pp. 621-22
• Hustad, p. 230
• Julian, p. 1628
• Stulken, p. 259

1. Ah! Think Not the Lord De­lay­eth
2. Book of Books
3. Brighter Dawn Is Break­ing, A
4. Draw Us in the Spir­it’s Te­ther
5. Father, Who on Man Dost Show­er
6. God, We Thank Thee, Not in Vain
7. He Who Would Val­iant Be
8. Holy God, We Of­fer Here
9. Jesus, Good Above All Other
10. Let Us Re­joice, the Fight Is Won
11. Life Is Good, for God Con­trives It
12. Lo, in the Wild­er­ness a Voice
13. Lord of Health, Thou Life With­in Us
14. Lord, the Wind and Sea Obey Thee
15. Remember All the Peo­ple
16. Thou Judge by Whom Each Em­pire Fell
17. To the Name That Is Sal­va­tion
18. Welcome, Day of the Lord
19. When by Fear My Heart Is Daunt­ed
20. Winter’s Sleep Was Long and Deep, The

1. Christ, the Fair Glo­ry of the Ho­ly An­gels
2. Father Most Ho­ly, Merc­i­ful and Ten­der
3. Father of Spir­its, Whose Di­vine Con­trol
4. Father, We Praise Thee
5. Little Je­sus, Sweet­ly Sleep (1928)
6. Martyr of God, Whose Strength Was Steeled
7. O Glor­i­ous Maid, Ex­alt­ed Far
8. O Let the Heart Beat High with Bliss
9. Sing, My Tongue, the Glor­i­ous Bat­tle
10. Strengthen for Ser­vice, Lord
11. Unto Us a Boy Is Born
12. When Christ Our Lord Had Passed Once More
13. Why, Im­pi­ous Her­od, Shouldst Thou Fear