1858–1943

Introduction

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Born: No­vem­ber 8, 1858, Exe­ter, Eng­land.

Died: De­cem­ber 15, 1943, at his home on How­ell Road in Exe­ter.

Buried: High­er Ce­me­te­ry, Hea­vi­tree, Exe­ter, Eng­land.

Biography

Tozer was the hus­band of Flor­ence Wid­ge­ry (mar­ried 1882).

His mu­sic­al ca­reer be­gan as a cho­ris­ter at Exe­ter Ca­thed­ral.

He stu­died un­der Al­fred An­gel and D. J. Wood, and at Queen’s Col­lege, Ox­ford (MusB 1891, MusD 1895).

He served as or­gan­ist at St. Da­vid’s, Exe­ter (1875–82); St. Mi­chael’s & All An­gels, Hea­vi­tree (1882–1930); and Exe­ter Ca­thed­ral.

When not in­volved with mu­sic, he worked at the Dev­on and Corn­wall Bank in Exe­ter.

Sources

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