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Purcell was born in or near to Norwich on 22 January 1912. [1] Purcell was educated at Norwich School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and ordained in 1938. [ 2 ] After a curacy in Headingley , Yorkshire he was raised to the position of a Minor Canon of Ripon Cathedral in that county.
William Purcell may refer to: William Purcell (d. 1834), last known survivor of HMS Bounty; William E. Purcell (1856–1928), state senator from North Dakota; William Frederick Purcell (1866–1919), arachnologist and biologist; William Gray Purcell (1880–1965), architect; William R. Purcell (born 1931), state senator from North Carolina
William Turner (1651–1740) Henry Purcell (1659–1695) Daniel Purcell (1664–1717) Johann Christoph Pepusch (John Christopher, 1667–1742) John Eccles (1668–1735) Henry Eccles (1670–1742) Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674–1707) John Weldon (1676–1736) William Croft (1678–1727) William Corbett (1680–1748) Abiell Whichello (1683–1747)
William Purcell Witcutt (1908–1972) was a notable British religious minister, folklorist and author. He was born into the Anglican church, converted to Catholicism in the early 1930s, and returned to the Church of England in the mid-1950s.
John Blow (baptised 23 February 1649 – 1 October 1708) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque period. Appointed organist of Westminster Abbey in late 1668, [1] his pupils included William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and Henry Purcell. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II.
Eventually three of the men, Dr Ludwig Becker, Charles Stone and William Purcell, died. Toward the end of the month, a large group of Galali tried to take down the stockade, with Wright's group firing upon and dispersing them. A member of Wright's party, William Hodgkinson, later produced a painting of this skirmish. [30] [31] [32]
Little was known of FitzGerald's character until W. Aldis Wright published his three-volume Letters and Literary Remains in 1889 and the Letters to Fanny Kemble in 1895. These letters reveal FitzGerald as a witty and sympathetic letter writer. [10] George Gissing found them interesting enough to read the three-volume collection twice, in 1890 ...
William Croft (baptised 30 December 1678 – 14 August 1727) was an English composer and organist. Life ... the famous Mr Henry Purcell, to which, in justice to his ...