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W.F. BRADBURY 

 DIKAGED85 



Was President of Handel and 

 Haydn Society and Author 

 of Text Books. 



! Following an illness of 10 days, Will- 

 iam ]•'. Bradbury, president of the 

 Handel and Haydn Society and presi- 

 dent-emeritus of the Cambridge J.ntin 

 ■ High School Association, died early 

 yesterday at his home in Harvard 

 f street, Cambridge. Ho was So years old. 

 (Death was due to stomach troubles and 

 j complications. Until recently he had 

 not been 111 enough to require the ser- I 

 t vices of a physician for a period or 64 

 i years. In addition to being president ol 

 the musical society for the last Ave 

 years he was also Its oldest member. ; 



Mr. Bradbury was the author of ma/ay 

 text books on mathematics now beiai- 

 used in the public schools of majny 

 cities. He believed that his love of g,>od 

 music had much to do with prolonging 

 his life. 



He is survived by his widow, two 



th a fi U r h fi ^'-f IS \ MarSaret a teacher to 

 the Cambridge high school, and Mririon 

 wife of William B. Hovey of fitaSSS 

 fon^nt Com ^y- He^lso leaves a 

 wm m^ h «h? ?' ? radbu ^- T he f Onoral 

 will probably be tomorrow. 



Was Amherst Graduate, j 



Mr. Bradbury was born in Westmins- 

 ter and was graduated from Amherst 

 College in 1856. He was valedictorian of 

 his class. The year of graduation h» 

 went to Cambridge and bocaro» teacher 

 w the high school. Later he became 

 principal. He retired from that posi- 

 tion three years ago. During the 65 

 years he was connected with, the school 

 he was absent from his duiies on but 

 one day. On that occasion he was 

 stranded in Charlestown by a big snow 



tefSS a J!f C r U l d , SeCUre na conveyance 

 to take him to his pupils 



He served two years as a member of 



"I". u C f: mbri <lge city council, during 



which time he was instru mental In ha" 



ing the clocks of the city stopped for 



m minutes one day in order to change 



from local to standard t/ime. 



Music Prolong^ Life, 



I * . n 1S ^ 4 ^ r Bradbur y Joined the Han- 

 del and Haydn Society. H o seldom 



davs e L a J e n ea / 8al and ° ften ln th « ol " 

 days he walked many miles to be ores- 

 ent. He was at one time librarian of 



tirv nrio 5 ' f ° r P years lts sec «" 



t?^k P becoming president. Mr 



ion y Tn° 10 \%f,°' ne m ^ieai y o,. & ani Z a. 

 „?"•, * n , adc "tiofi to believing that 

 nusic helped prolong liis life ho a so 

 | believed that his exceptonal health was 



ius U edtto!° ^ ^ that ~ 



Believed Love of Music 

 Prolonged His Years 



William F. Bradbury, 

 Head of Hander and Haydn Society 

 Who Died Yesterday 



