About Thomas Hawdon
Lived 1765 – 1793 (aged 27–28). Thomas Hawdon was a British organist.
Thomas Hawdon (ca.1765 – 24 November 1793) was an organist, instrumentalist, impresario and teacher based in the East Riding of Yorkshire and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Life
He was the son of organist Matthias Hawdon. He married Sarah Webster in May 1789 in Hull (she died March 1790), and they had one daughter, Sarah Hawdon (b. March 1790).
In 1790 in conjunction with Charles Avison, he promoted a series of concerts in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Appointments
Organist at St Andrew's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne 1783 Organist in Dundee 1783 - 1787 Organist at Holy Trinity Church, Hull 1787 - 1789 Organist of All Saints' Church, Newcastle upon Tyne 1789 - 1793
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Who was Thomas Hawdon?
British organist
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Thomas Hawdon was born in 1765.
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Thomas Hawdon died on 24 November 1793.
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Thomas Hawdon was an organist.
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Thomas Hawdon was British.
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