Biography:Henry Atkinson
Henry Atkinson
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| Given name: | Henry |
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| Family name: | Atkinson |
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| Year of birth: | 1670 |
| Year of death: | 1759 |
| Profile: | Musician |
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Biographical notes
Henry Atkinson [1] (1670-1759) was a Northumbrian musician, probably a fiddler, was the son of a yeoman from Gateshead, County Durham, who became a successful coal trader in Newcastle, Northumberland, at the beginning of the Industrial Age. He used some of his wealth to help fund a charity school in 1709. He was eulogized in the Newcastle Courant after his death as a man "whose Character in publick and private life has left his Memory and Honour to Trade and exemplary to all."