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About Herbert Oakeley
Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley was an English composer, best known for his role as Professor of Music at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to his appointment to this role in 1865 he established his reputation as an organist, composer, and musician. During his tenure at the University of Edinburgh he founded a number of university musical societies across Scotland, most notably the Edinburgh University Music Society, and successfully resolved the university's Reid School of Music into a Faculty able to award degrees to its graduates. He socialized with and mentored contralto, composer, and festival organizer Mary Augusta Wakefield.
Everything about Herbert Oakeley →- Occupation
- composer, organist, university teacher
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- July 22, 1830
- Died
- October 26, 1903