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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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John Barbirolli
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(Giovanni Battista Barbirolli, 1899–1970, kt 1949) English-born conductor of Italian descent. After beginning his career as a cellist, he conducted various orchestras before being appointed in 1943 to the *Hallé, with whom he remained till his death. He married the oboist Evelyn Rothwell in 1939.
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