Ozias Thurston Linley

Ozias Thurston Linley (1765–1831) was one of seven musical siblings born to the composer Thomas Linley the elder and his wife Mary Johnson.

Ozias as a boy (attributed to Thomas Lawrence)
Ozias as an adult, dressed as a canon, by Archer James Oliver.

He graduated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1789, becoming a minor canon of Norwich Cathedral the following year and Junior Fellow and Organist at Dulwich College from 1816. He was noted for his eccentricity and strong language.[1]

References
  1. Aspden, Suzanne (2004). "Ozias Thurstan Linley". Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16735. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)


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