Geoffrey Turton Shaw, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Geoffrey Turton Shaw

British composer

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1879

Date of Death: 14-Apr-1943

Profession: composer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Geoffrey Turton Shaw (14 November 1879 – 14 April 1943) was an English composer and musician specialising in Anglican church music.
After Cambridge, where he was an organ scholar, he became a schoolmaster, then a schools inspector, while producing a stream of compositions, arrangements, and published collections of music.
He was awarded the Lambeth degree of Doctor of Music. Shaw worked with his brother Martin Shaw, also a composer, while his son Sebastian was a Shakespearean actor who is remembered for the Star Wars role of Anakin Skywalker.