James Rossiter Hoyle Professor of Music

The James Rossiter Hoyle Professorship of Music at the University of Sheffield 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.[1][2]

List

• 1928–1948: Frank Henry Shera[3]
• 1948–1968: James Stewart Deas[4]
• 1968–1974: Samuel Basil Deane[5]
• 1975–1993: Edward James Clarke Garden[6]
• 1993–2007: Eric Fillenz Clarke, FBA[7]
• 2008–present: Simon Patrick Keefe[8]

References

1. "Mr. J. R. Hoyle", The Times, 17 March 1926, p. 19.
2. "University news", The Times (London), 19 January 1927, p. 17.
3. "Frank Henry Shera manuscripts", Jisc: Archives Hub. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
4. "Deas, (James) Stewart", Who Was Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007). Retrieved 19 December 2018.
5. "Professor Basil Deane", The Independent, 14 October 2006. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
6. "Professor Edward 'Teddy' Garden" Archived 5 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine, University of Sheffield. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
7. "Clarke, Prof. Eric Fillenz", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 19 December 2018.
8. "Simon Keefe". University of Sheffield. Retrieved 19 December 2018.