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James Edward Adkins FRCO (14 Dec 1867〔Dictionary of Organs and Organists, 1921〕 - 4 January 1939) was an Irish organist and composer. ==Background== He was born on 14 December 1867 in Belfast, the son of James Adkins and Emma Ryan. He studied at the Royal College of Music〔The Musical times - Volume 30 - Page 197 1889〕 and trained at Ely Cathedral under the organist, Edmund Thomas Chipp. He married Louisa Day on 29 July 1889 in Richmond Upon Thames. They had three children: *Edith Grace Adkins b.1890 *Edouardine Adkins b.1892 *James Francis Basil Adkins 1899 - 1917 *Eric Alan Edward Adkins 1904 - 1982 His son James Francis Basil Adkins, a Private in the 2nd Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment, was killed in Flanders on 1 Oct 1917. His other son Eric was also a fine musician. Both Basil and Eric were st Paul's Cathedral choir boys. Whilst in Preston he was conductor of the Preston Amateur Operatic Society 1895 - 1901, Conductor of Chorley Choral Society, 1890 – 1891, and Conductor of Preston Choral Society, 1905 - 1907. He died on 4 January 1939 in Amounderness, Lancashire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Edward Adkins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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