Introduction

Biography

Thomas was the son of Tho­mas Har­low Skin­ner and Wil­li­an­na Fred­er­ica Whit­te­ker, and hus­band of Ve­ra Eli­za­beth Stew­art.

In 1917, he be­gan teach­ing at Dru­ry Col­lege, Spring­field, Mis­sou­ri, where he even­tu­al­ly be­came dean of the Con­ser­va­to­ry of Mu­sic.