John Henry Mee

John Henry Mee (16 August 1852 – 15 January 1918) was an Oxford academic, clergyman, composer and author on musical subjects. Life and career Mee was born at Riddings Vicarage in Derbyshire, the son of vicar John Mee, and studied at Queen’s College, Oxford from 1871, where he gained his B.A in 1875. He became a Fellow, Merton College in 1875, completing his M.A in 1878 and a B.Mus. in 1882, and was appointed succentor (1876-81) and lecturer (1877-82). He was ordained by John Mackarness, Bishop of Oxford, in 1877. He married Alice Ann Marten at Holy Trinity Church, Ventnor on 26 April 1878. At Worcester College he was appointed lecturer of ancient history in 1882. From 1884 until 1898 he was the tenant of Kettell Hall on Broad Street - the stone house then attached to the western side of Blackwell’s Local Bookshop, now part of Trinity College. Under John Stainer he was Coryphaeus Precentor of Music, University of Oxford from 1890 until 1899. His wife died 20 years before him. There was one daughter. Musical activities Mee devoted much of his time to music. According to his obituarist: “having ample means, he was able to indulge in his tastes”. He completed his B.Mus degree in 1882 a