The Rev. Canon John Macleod Campbell Crum (12 October 1872 - 19 December 1958) was an

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priest, author and

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.''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' (1932), "Crum, John Macleod Campbell", p. 300.

Family and education

Crum was born at

Mere Old Hall Mere Old Hall is a 17th-century country house which stands to the west of the village of Mere and the junction of the A566 and A50 roads in Cheshire, England. The house was constructed in brick and stone that has been whitewashed and rendered, ...

near

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, to William Graham Crum, a

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printer, and Jean Campbell, who were both of Scottish origin. The family later lived at

Broxton Old Hall Broxton Old Hall (or Broxton Higher Hall) is in Old Coach Road west of the village of Brown Knowl, in the civil parish of Broxton, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II liste ...

, also in Cheshire. His grandfathers were the chemist

Walter Crum Walter Crum FRS (1796–1867) was a Scottish chemist and businessman. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1844. Life He was born in Glasgow, the second son of Alexander Crum of Thornliebank, a merchant there, and of Jane, the eldest da ...

and the theologian

John McLeod Campbell John McLeod Campbell (4 May 1800 – 27 February 1872) was a Scottish minister and Reformed theologian. In the opinion of one German church historian, contemporaneous with Campbell, his theology was a highpoint of British theology during the ni ...

. He was educated at

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and

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, where he obtained a BA in 1895 and an MA in 1901. On 13 October 1908 Crum married Edith Frideswide Paget (1889-1910), daughter of the Rt. Rev.

Francis Paget Francis Paget (20 March 18512 August 1911) was an English theologian, author and the 33rd Bishop of Oxford. Life He was the second son of the noted surgeon James, and brother of Luke (sometime Bishop of Stepney and of Chester). He was educa ...

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. They had one son, William Francis Crum (1910-1942), who died at the American Hospital in

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while working for the

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. On 9 April 1913 Crum married his second wife, Emily Clare Bale (1879-1962); among their children was the writer Margaret Crum.

Career

Crum was ordained a

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in 1897 and a

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in 1900. He served as curate of St John the Evangelist,

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

(1897-1901) and was domestic

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to the

(who became his father-in-law in 1908) from 1901 to 1910. After short spells as curate of

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(1907-1910), and vicar of

Mentmore Mentmore is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about three miles east of Wingrave, three miles south east of Wing. The village toponym is derived from the Old English for "Menta's moor ...

with

Ledburn Ledburn is a hamlet in the parish of Mentmore, in Buckinghamshire, England. History The name Ledburn is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means "stream with a conduit". In manorial records of 1212 it was recorded as "Leteburn". The hamlet consists ...

(1910-1912), he became rector of

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, serving there from 1913 to 1928. He was canon of

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from 1928 to 1943. Crum wrote hymns as well as books on architecture, history and theology. His most famous hymn is ''Now the Green Blade Riseth'', set to the tune of an old French carol.The Church of Scotland, "Now the green blade riseth from the buried grain"
Retrieved 19 April 2022. He died at

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

, on 19 December 1958.

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1872 births 1958 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of New College, Oxford 20th-century English Anglican priests English hymnwriters {{churchofEngland-clergy-stub