Background
ARMSTRONG, Thomas Henry Wait was born on June 15, 1898. Son of A. E. Armstrong.
ARMSTRONG, Thomas Henry Wait was born on June 15, 1898. Son of A. E. Armstrong.
Keble College, Oxford and Royal College, of Music. Organist Thorney Abbey 1914.
Organist Thorney Abbey 1914. Sub-Organist, Peterborough Cathedral 1915. Served Royal Garrison Artillery 1917-1919.
Sub-Organist, Manchester Cathedral 1922.
Organist, Saint Peter"s, Eaton Square 1923. Organist, Exeter Cathedral 1928.
Cramb Lecturer in Music, University of Glasgow 1949. Student of Christ Church, Oxford 1939-1955.
Student Emeritus 1955-1981.
Honorary Student since 1981. Choragus of the University and Lecturer in Music 1937-1954. Conductor of Oxford Bach Choir and Oxford Orchestral Society.
Organist, Christ Church, Oxford 1953-1955.
Principal, Royal Academy, of Music 1955-1968. Chairman Henry Wood National Memorial Trust since 1980.
Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music
Married Hester Draper in 1926 (died in 1982).