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Eric Newton
Born:
12 Iyyar 5653 (28 April 1893)
Died:
6 Adar II 5725 (10 March 1965)
Basic Information
Unique reference:
NEW4646
Other surname:
Oppenheimer
Gender:
Male
Birth
Date of birth:
12 Iyyar 5653 (28 April 1893)
Place of birth:
Marple Bridge, Manchester
Death
Date of death:
6 Adar II 5725 (10 March 1965)
Died in combat?:
No
Place of death:
London, UK
Places
Addresses
Family Mosaic Factory :
Oppenheimer Mosaics Ltd Blackburn Street, Old Trafford, Manchester
Home in London :
3 Cumberland Gardens London (1934)
Schools
Name:
Manchester University
Year left:
1913
Name:
Hulme Grammar School
Year started:
1908
Childhood in an Artist's Family - Unpublished Memoirs from sister, Ethel Knoblich
Family legend
My brother Eric was born to Edith and Lehmann in 1892, and was to inherit the artistic natures of his parents together with much charm, and a talent for languages and music, but with a dislike of games and all sport.
War and Consequence - Unpublished Memoirs from sister, Ethel Knoblich
Family legend
In 1914 we were on a climbing/sketching holiday on the Isle of Arran (off the coast of Scotland) when the war started. We were in the unenviable position of possessing the German name of Oppenheimer and without our passports, we had difficulty in leaving the island. When we returned home, we found that the mosaic factory had been stoned and windows smashed, as the headboard read "Oppenheimer Mosaics."
Eric decided to join up as he felt this was the only course open to him, and was accepted as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was sent to a training camp in Yorkshire with his men. He hated violence and discipline, and the sight of blood make him sick. Patriotism was a term which did not fill him with awe, and the war was a nightmare to him. Two years later, as a captain at Paschendale, he lost half his men who stumbled in fatigue off the duckboards and were drowned in the mud.
Eric decided to join up as he felt this was the only course open to him, and was accepted as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was sent to a training camp in Yorkshire with his men. He hated violence and discipline, and the sight of blood make him sick. Patriotism was a term which did not fill him with awe, and the war was a nightmare to him. Two years later, as a captain at Paschendale, he lost half his men who stumbled in fatigue off the duckboards and were drowned in the mud.
Family
Spouse
Isabel Aileen Vinicombe (female)
Other surname / Maiden name:
Oppenheimer (Newton)
Place of marriage:
Church of St James, Birch, Rusholme, 1915
Country of marriage:
England
Spouse
Stella Mary Pearce (female)
Other surname / Maiden name:
Newton
Place of marriage:
1936
Country of marriage:
England
Siblings
Ethel Oppenheimer (female)
Parents
Father: Lehmann James Oppenheimer "Opp" (male)
Mother: Edith Newton (female)
1 of 11Charles Oppenheimer
Brother
2 of 11Lehmann Oppenheimer
Father
3 of 11Lehmann Oppenheimer
Father
4 of 11Wilhelm Oppenheimer
Brother
5 of 11Frank Oppenheimer
6 of 11Frank Oppenheimer
7 of 11Obituary for Eric
Newspaper Obituary
8 of 11Obituary for Eric
Newspaper Obituary
9 of 11Eric Newton
Approx. 1964
10 of 11Eric Newton
Eric Newton at a Lecture
11 of 11Eric Newton on the day he received his C.B.E.
1 of 11Charles Oppenheimer
Brother
2 of 11Lehmann Oppenheimer
Father
3 of 11Lehmann Oppenheimer
Father
4 of 11Wilhelm Oppenheimer
Brother
5 of 11Frank Oppenheimer
6 of 11Frank Oppenheimer
7 of 11Obituary for Eric
Newspaper Obituary
8 of 11Obituary for Eric
Newspaper Obituary
9 of 11Eric Newton
Approx. 1964
10 of 11Eric Newton
Eric Newton at a Lecture
11 of 11Eric Newton on the day he received his C.B.E.
Homefront
Member of family in armed forces:
Lehmann Oppenheimer, Father
Military Record
Military service:
Army
Date enlisted/conscripted:
1914
Date discharged/death:
1918
Rank at discharge/death:
Temporary Captain
Assignments
Regiment:
Manchester Regiment
Battalion/unit:
Manchester University Contingent of the Officer Training Corps
Posting:
France
Medals:
Victory Medal
British War Medal
British War Medal
Other Occupations
Type of employment:
Journalist
Date started:
1930
Date left:
1947
Position:
Art Critic
Organisation:
Manchester Guardian
Type of employment:
Journalist
Date started:
1947
Date left:
1950
Position:
Art Critic
Organisation:
New York Times
Type of employment:
Radio
Date started:
1935
Position:
Radio Lectures
Organisation:
BBC
Type of employment:
Professor
Date started:
1959
Position:
Slade Professor of Fine Art
Organisation:
Oxford University
Type of employment:
Advisor
Date started:
1960
Date left:
1963
Position:
Art Advisor
Organisation:
Commonwealth Institute
Type of employment:
Art Critics
Date started:
1949
Date left:
1961
Position:
President
Organisation:
British Section of the International Association of Art Critics
Gallery
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