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Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall

1901 – 1971

British painter

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About Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall

Lived 1901 – 1971 (aged 69–70). Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall was a painter.

Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall (1907-1971) was an English portrait painter. His works include portraits of John William Charles Wand, Bishop of Bath and Wells (hanging in the Bishop's Palace); Alice Mildred Cable, missionary, (in Cambridge University Library); Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Courtney (in the RAF Museum); and William Shepherd Morrison, a former speaker of the House of Commons, in the Palace of Westminster.

He was married in 1929 to tennis player Eileen Bennett Whittingstall and divorced in 1936.

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Important facts

Born
1901
Birth century
20th century
Died
1971
Occupation
Painter

People in Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Portrait of William Shepherd
William Shepherd
b. 1949
Military officer
 Portrait of John
John
1881 – 1963
Latin Catholic priest
 Portrait of Christopher Courtney
Christopher Courtney
1890 – 1976
 Portrait of William Charles
William Charles
1831 – 1903
 Portrait of Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
1907 – 1979
Tennis player
 Portrait of Eileen Bennett
Eileen Bennett
1919 – 2025
Actor
 Portrait of Mildred Cable
Mildred Cable
1878 – 1952
Missionary

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall's

Portrait of Andrew Lawson
Andrew Lawson
1861 – 1952
Geologist
 Portrait of Edwin Alderman
Edwin Alderman
1861 – 1931
Teacher
 Portrait of Emil Wiechert
Emil Wiechert
1861 – 1928
Physicist
 Portrait of Feodor Levinson-Lessing
Feodor Levinson-Lessing
1861 – 1939
Geologist
 Portrait of Frederick Hopkins
Frederick Hopkins
1861 – 1947
Biochemist
 Portrait of Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
1861 – 1930
Zoologist

Frequently asked questions

Who was Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall?

British painter (1901-1971)

When was Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall born?

Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall was born in 1901.

When did Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall die?

Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall died in 1971.

What was Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall's occupation?

Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall was a painter.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall

· Wikidata: Q5339712

· DBpedia: Edmund Owen Fearnley-Whittingstall

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