John Elwes
Sign in to saveBritish politician, eccentric and miser, died 1789
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1846
- Died
- 1922
- Works
- 13
Top works
- British timber and its uses
- Forests of Formosa
- Common oak
- A supplement to Elwes' Monograph of the genus Lilium
- Facsimile edition of The trees of Great Britain & Ireland
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John Elwes (original name John Hahessy) (born 20 October 1946) is an English tenor singer. His repertoire is extensive ranging from Monteverdi, Rameau, Bach and Handel to Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Mahler and Britten. He has sung in over one hundred recordings, including Dowland's First Book of Ayres, Schubert's song cycles Die Schöne Müllerin and Winterreise, Purcell's The Tempest, Bach's St Matthew Passion and Mass in B minor, Handel's Messiah and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, for which he
Key dates
- Born
- 7 April 1714
- Died
- 26 November 1789
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Southwark
- Place of death
- Berkshire
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Westminster School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- John elwes.jpg
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