Composer. Born Herbert Norman Howells at High Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire. He studied under Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music and succeeded Gustav Holst as director of music at St Paul's Girls' School. Best known for his choral music especially the Hymnus Paradisi. Died at the Cintra Nursing Home, 7 Gwendolen Avenue, Putney.
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Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells, 1892 - 1983, composer and teacher lived here 1946 - 1983. En...
Boys secondary school. Alumni include: Lord Jenkins of Putney, jazz musician Terry Lightfoot and photographer Oliver Gregory Pike.
Headteacher of Christ Church Primary School, 1992 - 2009. The image comes from a 2010 interview.
School in Hayes, in the Borough of Hillingdon at which George Orwell taught from 1932 - 1933. He is top right in the photograph.
Suffragist and promoter of higher education for women. Born Sarah Emily Davies in Southampton. She edited a feminist publication and became active on the London School Board. She was instrumental i...
Became a student at UCL in 1863. The picture source gives details of his assasination by a Korean nationalist. Picture source gives details of this.
