Person    | Male  Born 19/2/1858  Died 15/12/1945

Tobias Matthay

Categories: Education, Music / songs

Teacher and pianist. Born Clapham. 1903 he published "The Act of Touch" a book on piano playing technique and learning. This and other books and his Tobias Matthay Pianoforte School in Oxford Street and then in Wimpole Street made him extremely influential in the piano world. Died at his country home near Haslemere.

 

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Tobias Matthay

Tobias Matthay, 1858 - 1945, teacher and pianist, lived here. Greater London ...

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Guardian Angels Church & School

Guardian Angels Church & School

The church on the Mile End Road was opened in 1903, the school, shown in this picture, behind the church, in 1896. Both funded by the Howard Family of Norfolk.

Building, Architecture, Education, Religion

1 memorial
Thomas Arnold

Thomas Arnold

Headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841.  Born Isle of Wight.  Father of Matthew Arnold, great grandfather of Aldous and Julian Huxley.  Died at Rugby.

Person, Education, History

1 memorial
Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians

Founded by Thomas Linacre in 1518 with a charter granted by Henry VIII. Their first home was Linacre's own house in Knightrider Street. Their second home, at Amen Corner, Paternoster Row, was des...

Group, Education, Medicine

5 memorials
Hisanari Machida

Hisanari Machida

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial
Malvern College

Malvern College

A public school in Malvern Worcestershire. During WW2 the college was requisitioned by the Admiralty October 1939 - July 1940, and the school temporarily relocated to Blenheim Palace. In 1942, its ...

Group, Education

2 memorials