Eric Walter Powell
Eric Walter Powell (born May 6, 1886 in Hornsey , † August 17, 1933 in Pontresina ) was an English university professor, rower and artist.
Life
The English university teacher, rower and artist Eric Walter Powell was born in Hornsey in 1886 as the son of pastor Robert Walter Powell and his wife Mary Caroline Hankey .
He completed his school education at Eton College and the renowned Trinity College in Cambridge . During this time he also became a member of the college's rowing team and competed in the Boat Race in 1906, 1907 and 1908 . As a rower in the eighth of the Cambridge team of 1908, he also competed in the 1908 Olympic Games and won a bronze medal for Great Britain with this. As a member of the Viking Club , he also won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta in 1912 .
After his artistic training at the Académie Julian in Paris, Powell became an educator and drawing teacher at his former school, Eton College .
In his free time he was able to combine his two hobbies, mountaineering and watercolor painting , as evidenced by the numerous mountain landscapes that have been preserved and painted by him in great detail.
Eric Walter Powell died at the age of 47 in a mountain accident on Piz Roseg in the Swiss Alps , near Pontresina .
literature
- Johnsohn / Greutzner: The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940 . Antique Collectors' Club, Clopton 1976
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| SURNAME | Powell, Eric Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English university professor, rower and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hornsey |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 17, 1933 |
| Place of death | Pontresina |