Adrian Boult AKA Adrian Cedric Boult Born: 8-Apr-1889 Birthplace: Chester, Cheshire, England Died: 23-Feb-1983 Location of death: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Conductor Nationality: England Executive summary: Conductor, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1930-50 Father: Cedric Boult (businessman) Mother: Katharine Florence Barman (writer) Wife: Mary Ann Grace Bowles (m. 1933)
High School: Westminster School University: Christ Church, Oxford University University: Leipzig Conservatory (1912-13) Teacher: Conducting, Royal College of Music (1919-24)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Principal Conductor (1959-60) London Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Conductor (1950-57) BBC Symphony Orchestra Principal Conductor (1930-50) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Principal Conductor (1924-30) British Symphony Conductor (1919-24)
Knighthood 1937
Author of books:
A Handbook on the Technique of Conducting (1969) My Own Trumpet (1973, memoir)
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