Real name: Frederick John Thurston

English clarinettist. Born 21 September 1901 in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK - Died 12 December 1953.
He graduated from Royal College of Music, London. During the 1920s he played with the Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the BBC Wireless Symphony Orchestra before becoming principal clarinettist of the newly formed BBC Symphony Orchestra. He left the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1946 to concentrate on chamber music. He was also Principal Clarinet of the Philharmonia Orchestra.
He taught at the Royal College of Music from 1930 to 1953. He married Thea King, one of his pupils, in January 1953.