Walter Greatorex [SEP] date of birth
Walter Greatorex
Walter Greatorex (30 March 1877 – 29 December 1949) was an English composer and musician. He is probably best remembered for his hymn tune "Woodlands" which has been used with hymns such as Henry Montagu Butler's "Lift Up Your Hearts!" and Timothy Dudley-Smith's "Tell Out, My Soul".
Education.
Born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, the son of a bank manager, from 1888 to 1893 Greatorex was a boy chorister at King's College, Cambridge. He
, English mathematical instrument maker
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See also.
- Greatrex
- Greatrakes
- Electoral division of Greatorex, Northern Territory, Australia