Whittaker, W. Gillies 1876-1944
b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1876; d. Orkney 1944
English composer, conductor, writer, arranger and teacher.
He served as both the first Gardiner Professor of Music at the University of Glasgow from 1929 to 1938 and principal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music from 1929 to 1941.
Nationality:
British, English