Norman Harry Crowder (20 October 1926 – 10 February 2013) was Archdeacon of Portsmouth from 1985 to 1993.
Born in Nottingham on 20 October 1926,Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 he was educated at Nottingham High School and St John's College, Cambridge. After National Service with the RAF Educational ServiceLondon Gazette he was ordained in 1952.Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) He was an Assistant Curate St Mary's, Radcliffe-on-Trent and then Residential Chaplain to the Bishop of Portsmouth until 1959. He was Chaplain at Canford School from 1959 until The Times, Wednesday, Jul 14, 1971; pg. 14; Issue 58224; col C School news 1972 when he became Vicar of St John's, Oakfield, Ryde.Church web site From 1975 to 1985 he was Director of Religious Education in the Portsmouth Diocese and a Residential Canon of its Cathedral. After this he became Archdeacon of Portsmouth.
He died in Salisbury on 10 February 2013. He had married Pauline. Their son Richard worked at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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