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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Joshua Watson

Joshua Watson

Philanthropist, educationalist and prominent lay churchman.  Born Tower Hill.  Went into his father's wine merchant business.  1811 he took the house at Clapton.  A leading member of the "Hackney P...

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Johann Pestalozzi

Johann Pestalozzi

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Eduard Suess

Eduard Suess

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Person, Economist, Education, Politics & Administration, Science, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland

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Dean Colet

Dean Colet

John Colet was the only surviving child of the 22 that his mother bore. Founded St Paul's School in 1509. Churchman and educational pioneer. Born London, son of a Lord Mayor whose wealth he inherit...

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Tokinari Nagoya

Tokinari Nagoya

Became a student at UCL in 1865.

Person, Education, Japan

1 memorial