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Prof Frederick William Rimmer FRSE FRCO FRSAMD CBE (1914–1998) was a 20th-century British musician who served as the Gardiner Professor of Music at Glasgow University from 1966 to 1980 and for the same time period was Director of Scottish Opera. He also founded the Scottish Music Archive. Friends and colleagues generally knew him as Fred Rimmer.[1] LifeHe was born in Liverpool on 21 February 1914 the son of William Rimmer and his wife, Amy Graham McMillan. He was educated at Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool. He studied Music at Durham University graduating BMus in 1939. In the Second World War he served in the 11th battalion Lancashire Fusiliers in the Middle East, and rising to the rank of Major. After the war he did further postgraduate study at Selwyn College, Cambridge gaining a further BA in 1948 and MA in 1954. Whilst studying he was also Senior Lecturer in Music at Homerton College, Cambridge.[2] In 1951 he went to Glasgow University as Cramb Lecturer in Music. He became official Organist to the University in 1954 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1956. In 1966 he succeeded Prof Robin Orr as Gardiner Professor of Music at Glasgow and held this position until retiral in 1980.[3] In 1980 Queen Elizabeth II created him a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[4] In 1996 (aged 82, and one of the oldest admissions) he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Robert Alex Rankin, Walter Douglas Munn, Ian Naismith Sneddon, Philip Ledger and Sir Alexander Gibson.[5] He died on 3 July 1998. FamilyIn 1941 he married Joan Doreen Graham.[6] Publications
References1. ^Glasgow Herald: obituary 4 July 1998 {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Rimmer, Frederick William}}{{UK-musician-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2459&type=P|title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Frederick Rimmer|website=www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk|accessdate=7 August 2018}} 3. ^{{cite journal|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/112122734|title=Professor Frederick Rimmer.(Obituary)|first=Marjorie E|last=Rycroft|date=9 July 1998|publisher=|journal=The Independent|pages=pS6(1)|accessdate=7 August 2018|via=Trove}} 4. ^London Gazette 1 January 1980 5. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 6. ^Who Was Who 1996 10 : 1914 births|1998 deaths|People from Liverpool|20th-century British musicians|Alumni of Durham University|Academics of the University of Glasgow|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|British theatre managers and producers|British military personnel of World War II|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire |
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