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Henry Wood

1869 - 1944

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Sir Henry Joseph Wood (3 March 1869 – 19 August 1944) was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the Proms. He conducted them for nearly half a century, introducing hundreds of new works to British audiences. After his death, the concerts were officially renamed in his honour as the "Henry Wood Promenade Concerts", although they continued to be generally referred to as "the Proms". Born in modest circumstances to parents who encouraged his musical talent, Wood started his career as an organist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Wood is the 73rd most popular conductor (up from 97th in 2019), the 2,859th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,291st in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Henry Wood ranks 73 out of 128. Before him are Adrian Boult, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Karl Muck, Paul Kletzki, Paavo Berglund, and Jean Martinon. After him are Charles Mackerras, Jorma Panula, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Paavo Järvi, Joseph Keilberth, and Michael Gielen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Henry Wood ranks 100. Before him are Ellen Thesleff, George Forbes, Yervant Odian, Edwin Lutyens, Mary Agnes Chase, and Chittaranjan Das. After him are Kijirō Nambu, Boris Rosing, Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria, Georgette Leblanc, Dmitri Egorov, and Albert Kahn. Among people deceased in 1944, Henry Wood ranks 208. Before him are Edwin Lutyens, Orde Wingate, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Erich Salomon, Adam von Trott zu Solz, and Inigo Campioni. After him are Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau, Lucien Pissarro, Shōji Nishimura, Aino Ackté, Oszkár Gerde, and Anna Kolesárová.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Wood ranks 2,860 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Allen Jones (1937), Patrick Troughton (1920), Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301), Hayley Atwell (1982), and Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831). After him are Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863), E. W. Hornung (1866), Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831), Lindsay Kemp (1938), Dennis Viollet (1933), and Arthur Waley (1889).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United Kingdom

Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Henry Wood ranks 9. Before him are Colin Davis (1927), John Eliot Gardiner (1943), John Barbirolli (1899), Thomas Beecham (1879), Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), and Adrian Boult (1889). After him are Antonio Pappano (1959), Daniel Harding (1975), Jeffrey Tate (1943), Malcolm Sargent (1895), Raymond Leppard (1927), and John Pritchard (1921).

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