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Ralph Vaughan Williams

English composer1872 to 1958

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Teachers and mentors5

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a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Charles Villiers Stanford
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Charles Wood
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Hubert Parry
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Max Bruch
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Walter Parratt

Taught15

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Gustav Holst
born 1874
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ina Boyle
born 1889
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Dorothy Gow
born 1893
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Gordon Jacob
born 1895
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ian Whyte
born 1901
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Percy Whitlock
born 1903
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Robin Milford
born 1903
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Constant Lambert
born 1905
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
John Whitridge Wilson
born 1905
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Elizabeth Maconchy
born 1907
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Helen Glatz
born 1908
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Jean Coulthard
born 1908
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Peggy Glanville-Hicks
born 1912
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Joan Trimble
born 1915
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ruth Gipps
born 1921

Education and career4

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undated
Trinity College
studied
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Royal College of Music
studied
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Charterhouse School
studied
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Birkbeck, University of London
worked

At a glance

known as: conductor, classical composer, choreographer, organist, pedagogue, musicologist, film score composer, composer, music teacher, writer
awards: Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, 1930, Albert Medal, 1955, Walter Willson Cobbett Medal, 1930, Order of Merit, Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
notable works: Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 5, Sir John in Love, A Sea Symphony, The Lark Ascending, A Pastoral Symphony, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, A London Symphony
Wikipedia: in 50 languages

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Elsewhere6

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaRalph Vaughan Williams
stated by WikidataWikidataQ207947
stated by WikidataVIAF89801735
stated by WikidataGND118643118
stated by WikidataIdRef032411049
stated by WikidataISNI0000000108591472

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q207947,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Ralph Vaughan Williams: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q207947},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Ralph Vaughan Williams: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q207947