John Macleod Campbell Crum

CRUM, John Macleod Campbell. b. Tabley, Cheshire, 12 October 1872; d. Farnham, Surrey, 19 December 1958. He was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford (BA 1895, MA 1901). He took Holy Orders (Deacon 1897, Priest 1900), serving as curate of St John the Evangelist, Darlington (1897-1901), chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford (1901-10), Vicar of Mentmore with Ledburn (1910-12), Rector of Farnham (1913-28), and Canon of Canterbury (1928-43). He wrote a number of books, including Road Mending on the Sacred Way (1924), What mean ye by these Stones? (1926), The Original Jerusalem Gospel (1927) and St Mark’s Gospel, Two Stages of its Making (1936). In A Plainsong Hymnbook (1932) six of his hymns and...