Thomas George Crippen

CRIPPEN, Thomas George. b. London, 2 November 1841; d. Southwark, London, 13 December 1929. He was an eminent Congregationalist, educated for the Ministry at Airedale College, Bradford, Yorkshire. He served as a Congregational minister at Boston Spa, Yorkshire, (1866), Fulbourn (near Cambridge), Oldbury (West Midlands), Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, and Milverton, Somerset (1891) (Grieve, 1930). In 1896 he was appointed Librarian at the Congregational Hall, Farringdon Street, London, where he served with distinction for many years. He was one of the contributors to John Julian*’s A Dictionary of Hymnology (JJ, 1892, 1907). During his time at Boston Spa he published Ancient Hymns and...