Francis Alan Jackson

JACKSON, Francis Alan. b. Malton, North Yorkshire, 2 October 1917; d. York, 10 January 2022. Francis Jackson received his musical education as a chorister at York Minster under Sir Edward Bairstow* whose articled pupil he subsequently became, obtaining the diplomas of the Royal College of Organists and the external degree of BMus of Durham University. After service in the Second World War he returned to the Minster as Bairstow’s assistant only weeks before Bairstow’s death on 1 May 1946, being appointed his successor in October of that year. He obtained the Durham DMus in 1957. An organ recitalist and composer with an international reputation, he served the Minster with devotion until his...