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CodeDS/UK/3649
NameDykes Bower; Sir; John (1905-1981); CVO; British cathedral organist
Dates1905-1981
GenderMale
BiographySir John Dykes Bower CVO (1905-1981) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Truro Cathedral, Durham Cathedral and St Paul's CathedralJohn Dykes Bower was born on 13 August 1905 in Gloucester. He was one of four brothers. Stephen Dykes Bower became a famous church architect. He was educated at Cheltenham College and studied organ under Herbert Brewer, and was organ scholar at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1922.

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