Charles Quarles (died 1727), musician, graduated Mus. Bac. at Cambridge in 1698. He was appointed organist of Trinity College, Cambridge. On 30 June 1722 he succeeded William Davies as organist of York Minster, and died in 1727. "A Lesson for Harpsichord" by Quarles, printed by Goodison about 1788, contains, among others of his compositions, an "exceedingly graceful" minuet in F minor.
Maurice Greene was an English composer and organist.
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Julian Minor Quarles was a lawyer, judge and United States Representative from Virginia to the 56th Congress.
St Leonard, Foster Lane, was a Church of England church dedicated to Leonard of Noblac on the west side of Foster Lane in the Aldersgate ward of the City of London. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and not rebuilt.
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Benedict Leonard Calvert was the 15th Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1727 through 1731, appointed by his older brother, Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore (1699–1751). He was named after his father, Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore (1679–1715). Calvert had tuberculosis and died from it on board the family ship, The Charles, on 1 June 1732, while returning to his home in England, aged 31.
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King's College School is a coeducational private preparatory school for pupils aged 4 to 13 in Cambridge, England, situated on West Road off Grange Road, west of the city centre. It was founded to educate the choristers in the King's College Choir during the 15th century. Although no longer located on College grounds, it remains an integral part of the Chapel's musical tradition and is still governed by and receives some funding from the College. The school is part of the same historic foundation as Eton College. The most recent full integrated Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) inspection awarded the grade "excellent" in all 9 categories.
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James Thomas Quarles was a 20th-century American organist, educator, and academic. He was National President of both the Music Teachers National Association and music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. In his long tenure he taught at Lindenwood University, Cornell University, and the University of Missouri. He was the founding dean of the University of Missouri School of Fine Arts including the University of Missouri School of Music. In 1905 he wrote one of Cornell's school songs "Cornell Hymn" In the 1920s he edited a compilation of Missouri school songs and was advisor to the Zeta Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He acquired and played the organ at Missouri United Methodist Church in Columbia, Missouri.
John Sumner DD was an English cleric and academic, Provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1756.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Newmarch, Rosa Harriet (1896). "Quarles, Charles". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 92.