Background
John Thornton Masser was the son of Thomas Masser.
John Thornton Masser was the son of Thomas Masser.
He was educated at Bradford High School, Fulneck Moravian Settlement and Bramham College, Tadcaster.
He then spent some years with Torr and Company solicitors of Bedford Row, London. He composed anthems, and his most popular work, a harvest cantata. Organist and Choirmaster.
He assisted in the production of the Congregational Hymnal of 1916.
Subsequently he practiced in Nottingham and was a member of the Incorporated Law Society, and the Nottingham Law Society.