Edward Francis Reginald Woolley

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Edward Francis Reginald Woolley ARCO (13 May 1895 - 12 January 1954) was a composer and organist based in England.

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Life

He was born in Lincoln in 1895, the youngest son of Reginald Smith Woolley and Nora Francis Twentyman. He was educated at Lancing College and was a pupil of Dr. Gray at Trinity College, Cambridge. [1]

He married Florence Elizabeth Dockray in 1915 in London.

Appointments

Compositions

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References

  1. Who's Who in Music. Shaw Publishing Ltd. 1937