1872–1958

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Born: Oc­to­ber 12, 1872, Down Amp­ney, Glou­ces­ter­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Au­gust 26, 1958, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Buried: West­min­ster Ab­bey (north choir aisle), Lon­don, Eng­land.

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All Saints Church, Down Ampney

Vaughan Will­iams was one of the best known Eng­lish com­pos­ers of the 20th Cen­tu­ry. He was mu­sic­al ed­it­or for The Eng­lish Hym­nal in 1906.

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Music