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Harry Tombs

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33: 158:, a "mainstay" for the firm until 1924, when its publication ceased. Tombs established the first New Zealand fine arts press, though it was not the first fine arts journal published in New Zealand, which dates to 1880. 367: 89: 143:
opera and studied art in England, Tombs went back to New Zealand around 1907, when he married Beatrice Atkinson. The couple had one child together, a son, named David.
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Pritchard, Brian W. (January–June 2002). "Music Periodicals in New Zealand: Viewing a Century of Publication and some Landmark Enterprises".
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was published in 1948. When the Sheffield choir came to New Zealand, he was a violinist in the orchestra. A
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in 1910 after his firm took over printing of the magazine two years earlier. In 1915, Tombs established
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in 1889 and 1890. After his attendance at school, Tombs was an apprentice at his father's printing firm
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regularly played at his home for over 25 years. Tombs served as a New Zealand representative of
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After his return to New Zealand, Tombs became manager of Whitcombe and Tombs's
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edited. He continued to publish these fine arts journals despite poor sales.
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described as "very successful". He regularly showed his paintings at the
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Tombs orchestrated a showing of his paintings in 1928, which the
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Printer, publisher, musician, artist, patron of the arts
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New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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Harry Tombs sitting in a suit and jacket in a black-and-white photograph
Christchurch
OBE
1960 Queen's Birthday Honours
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Christchurch
Christchurch West School
Christchurch Normal School
Christ's College
Whitcombe and Tombs
Leipzig
Cape Argus
Gilbert and Sullivan
Wellington
Charles Allan Marris
Vernon Griffiths
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts
string quartet
Trinity College of Music
British Music Society
1960 Queen's Birthday Honours
Officer of the Order of the British Empire





"Harry Hugo Tombs"
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

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