Thomas George Crippen (2 November 1841–13 December 1929[1]), a descendant of an old Huguenot family long resident in Canterbury, was born in London in 1841, and educated for the Congregational Ministry at Airedale College, Bradford, Yorkshire.

Two of his original hymns are in the Congregational Church Hymnal, 1887:— "Lord Jesu Christ, by Whom alone" (Election of Deacons), and "O God, Who boldest in Thy hand" (Before a Parliamentary Election).

His metrical rendering of one of Rodwell's prose translations of Jared's Abyssinian hymns was printed in the Oldbury Weekly Times, circa 1880, and subsequently as a broadsheet.

In 1896 Crippen was appointed Librarian at the Congregational Hall, Farringdon Street, London.

His hymn "O Thou Who givest corn and wine" was written for Band of Hope gatherings in 1885, and first printed in the Sunday School Chronicle.