The James Rossiter Hoyle Professorship of Music at the
University of Sheffield
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– Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield
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was established in 1927 and endowed with £16,000 by the
will of Augusta Rossiter Hoyle in memory of her late husband, James (died 1926), a manufacturer of steel
armour-piercing shells who had been president of the
Sheffield Musical Union and a
master cutler
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List
* 1928–1948: Frank Henry Shera
* 1948–1968: James Stewart Deas
* 1968–1974:
Samuel Basil Deane
* 1975–1993:
Edward James Clarke Garden
* 1993–2007:
Eric Fillenz Clarke,
FBA
* 2008–present:
Simon Patrick Keefe
References
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University of Sheffield
Professorships in music