William Porter

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William Porter (organist)

William Porter (born 1946) is an American organist, harpsichordist and improviser.

Life

Porter studied organ at Oberlin College and Yale University where he received the DMA degree in 1980. He taught harpsichord and organ at Oberlin from 1974 to 1986 and taught organ, music history and music theory at the New England Conservatory in Boston from 1985 to 2002. He now teaches organ, organ improvisation and harpsichord at the Eastman School of Music and McGill University.

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William Porter (archbishop)

William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. (14 May 1887 – 16 June 1966) was an English Roman Catholic missionary priest, bishop and archbishop, who served as Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast and later Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast in present-day Ghana. He was appointed vicar apostolic (as well as titular bishop of Urusi) on 25 April 1933 and archbishop on 18 Apr 1950. He retired as archbishop on 15 May 1959.

Schools

In 1936, Porter established a Roman Catholic secondary school, St. Augustine’s College in Cape Coast. He also established several Roman Catholic youth groups.

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