Sir Ernest Hall, OBE, DL's Biography
- Forename(s)
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Ernest
- Sex
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Male
- Decorations
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kt (1993), OBE (1986), DL (W Yorks 1991)
- Date of Birth
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19/3/1930
- Foretitle(s)
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Sir
- Surname
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HALL
- Style
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Sir Ernest Hall, OBE, DL
- Recreations
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gardening, art collecting, theatre, languages
Sir Ernest Hall, OBE, DL's Professional Career
- Career
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pianist and composer 1954-; textile manufacturer 1961-71; fndr and chm Dean Clough enterprise educn and arts centre Halifax 1983, dep chm Eureka! Children's Museum 1989-2000; pres: Arts and Business Yorks, Yorks Youth and Music, Yorks Youth Orchestra, St Williams Fndn; vice-pres RSA 1995-99; tstee: Yorks Sculpture Park 1989-2003, Henry Moore Fndn 1996-2003; memb Design Cncl 1994-98; chllr Univ of Huddersfield 1996-2003; Albert Medal RSA 1994; Montblanc de la Culture Award 1997, ABSA Goodman Award 1997; Hon DUniv York 1986, Hon DLitt Univ of Bradford 1990, Hon DUniv Leeds Metropolitan 1996, Hon LLD Univ of Leeds 1996; Hon Dr of Arts: CNAA 1991, Univ of Lincolnshire and Humberside 1995; hon fell: Univ of Huddersfield 1989, Leeds Metropolitan Univ 1991, Univ of Central Lancashire 1996
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