Stuart Sutcliffe
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- Born
- 1940-01-01
- Died
- 1962-01-01
- Works
- 3
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- Stuart Sutcliffe 1940-1962
- A study of costs in use and performance of floor finishes
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Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940 – 10 April 1962) was an artist, and the original bassist of The Beatles for two years. Sutcliffe earned praise for his paintings, which mostly explored a style related to Abstract Expressionism. Sutcliffe is one of the group of people sometimes referred to "the fifth Beatle". Sutcliffe and John Lennon are credited with coming up with the name for the Beatles, as they both liked Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/S
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- Comprehensive Integration of Single-Cell Data
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- Integrated analysis of multimodal single-cell data
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- The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies
· 2008 · cited 14,192x
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Key facts
- Born
- Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe , ( 1940-06-23 ) 23 June 1940, Edinburgh , Scotland
- Died
- 10 April 1962 (1962-04-10) (aged 21), Hamburg , West Germany
- Occupations
- Painter musician
- Years active
- 1957–1961
- Partner
- Astrid Kirchherr ( engaged</span>"}]]}'>eng. 1960)
- Origin
- Liverpool , England
- Genres
- Rock and roll
- Instruments
- Bass vocals
- Formerly of
- The Quarrymen The Beatles
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1940
- Died
- 1 January 1962
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Victor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of death
- Hamburg
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Liverpool College of Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- pop music
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Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940 – 10 April 1962) was a British painter and musician from Edinburgh, Scotland, best known as the original bass guitarist of the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a painter, having previously attended the Liverpool College of Art. Sutcliffe and John Lennon are credited with inventing the name "Beetles" [sic], as they both liked Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets. They also had a fascination with group names with double meanings (as Crickets, for example, the word referring to both an insect and a sport), so Lennon then came up with "The Beatles", from the word beat (though Lennon's original spelling was "Beatals"). As a member of the group when it was a five-piece band, Sutcliffe is one of several who are sometimes referred to as the "Fifth Beatle".
When he performed with the Beatles in Hamburg, he met photographer Astrid Kirchherr, to whom he was later engaged to marry. After leaving the Beatles, he enrolled in the Hamburg College of Art, studying under future pop artist Eduardo Paolozzi, who later wrote a report stating that Sutcliffe was one of his best students. Sutcliffe earned other praise for his paintings, which mostly explored a style related to abstract expressionism.
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