Author talk:Henry Davey

Attempts to identify this author

moved from Talk:Dictionary of National_Biography, 1885-1900/List of Contributors#Henry Davey

A couple of choices, neither enlightening

• Henry Davey (? dates 1848-1928) MICE FGS, Hathorn Davey Engineering
• Henry Davey (1853-1929), Music <== chosen

Leaving alone at this point in time. --billinghurst (talk) 08:00, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

His DNB contributions look to be about music, so I'd guess the second, author of History of English Music. Dsp13 (talk) 02:31, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Sources

Name: Henry Davey
Birth - Death: 1853-1929
Source Citation:

• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Sixth edition. Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky. London: Collier Macmillan Publishers, . (BakBD 6)
• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Seventh edition. Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Schirmer Books, 1984. (BakBD 7)
• The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 20 volumes. Edited by Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan Publishers, 1980. (NewGrDM)
• The Oxford Companion to Music. 1974 edition. By Percy A. Scholes. Edited by John Owen Ward. London: Oxford University Press, 1974. (OxCMus 1974)

• The Times, Tuesday, Oct 01, 1929; pg. 9; Issue 45322; col D — Wills and Bequests

Mr. Henry Davey, of Clifton-hill, Brighton, who died on August 27, aged 75, left estate of the gross value of £9,052, with net personalty £4,447. He left:—

To the Corporation of Brighton any books and music belonging to him with the librarian of the corporation shall select as suitable for the Public Library at Brighton; and £50 to the Brighton branch of the Dickens Fellowship for the general purposes of the branch.

• The Times (London, England), Thursday, Aug 29, 1929; pg. 1; Issue 45294

DAVEY.—On Aug. 28, 1929, at a nursing home in Hove, Henry Davey, aged 75 years.

• 1911 England census

Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 5142; Schedule Number: 160.

Name: Henry Davey
Age in 1911: 57
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Brighton, Sussex
Civil parish: Brighton
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England
Street Address: 70 Montpelier Road Brighton
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Retired Professor Of Music
Registration district: Brighton
Registration District Number: 79
Sub-registration district: West Brighton
ED, institution, or vessel: 22
Household schedule number: 160
Piece: 5142
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Davey 57

• Birth

Births Dec 1853
DAVEY Henry Brighton 2b 181