Background
Pope, Wilfred Stuart George was born on August 9, 1921 in Folkestone, England. Son of Wilfred Lefevre and Mabel Mary (Goodenough) Pope. came to the United States, 1964.
Pope, Wilfred Stuart George was born on August 9, 1921 in Folkestone, England. Son of Wilfred Lefevre and Mabel Mary (Goodenough) Pope. came to the United States, 1964.
Student, London College Choristers. Student, Boy Singers' School. Student, Royal College Organists, 1947.
Accounts clerk, Boosey & Hawkes Ltd., until 1948; manager departments electronics and organ, Boosey & Hawkes Ltd., 1948-1958; managing director, Boosey & Hawkes Ltd., South Africa, 1958-1964; managing director, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., New York City, 1964-1984; president, Boosey & Hawkes Inc., 1975-1984; vice president, Birch Tree Group Ltd., Princeton, New Jersey, 1984-1986; senior vice president, Birch Tree Group Ltd., Princeton, New Jersey, since 1987; president, Birch Tree Arts Management, Princeton, since 1984. Director music, organist Crown Court Church, London, 1947-1958.
Organist St. Mary's Anglican Cathedral, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1960-1964. Board directors American Music Center. Served with Royal Air Force, 1940-1946.
Member Royal College Organists, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (board directors), United States Music Pubs'. Association (president 1982-1983), Century Association.
Married Doris Eveline Marshall, April 11, 1942. Children: Judith (Mistress Jeffrey Taylor Browne), John Stuart, Brenda Annual.