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WH Gill recognised by Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

01 Jun 2012


Composer of the Manx national anthem ‘O Land of our Birth’, William Henry Gill (1839 – 1923), has been acknowledged by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. With the Olympic Games on the horizon, the ODNB have released biographies of the composers of national anthems of the British Isles, and Dr Chloë Woolley contributed the entry on Manx music collector and composer WH Gill. Access to the 58,202 biographies on the online dictionary is available by subscription. To read the introduction to the new releases see: www.oup.com/oxforddnb/info/newupdates/ contents12b/preface12b/

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