About Edgar Cyril Robinson
Lived 1877 – 1953 (aged 75). Edgar Cyril Robinson was a British organist.
Edgar Cyril Robinson FRCO (11 May 1877 – 28 January 1953) was an English organist and composer.
Life
He was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire on 11 May 1877, the son of George Robinson and Eliza Jane Dyson. His father was organist at Gainsborough parish church for some 40 years, a position in which Edgar would succeed him.
He was educated at Lincoln Cathedral School and gained a Bachelor of Music degree from Oxford University. –1899 Organist of Gainsborough Parish Church 1899 –1906 Organist of All Saints' Church, Wigan 1906 –1919 Choirmaster, Liverpool Cathedral (retired 1947)
Compositions
He composed a descant to the hymn tune, Miles Lane.
Family life He married Evelyn Mary Buckmaster. They had two children: Evelyn Mary Joyce Robinson (1910–1990) Katherine Norma Robinson (1914–1984)
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British organist
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Edgar Cyril Robinson was born on 11 May 1877.
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Edgar Cyril Robinson died on 28 January 1953.
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