William Crawford Honeyman
William Crawford Honeyman (1845–1919) was a Scottish musician and author.William C. Honeyman was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1845 to Thomas and Eliza Honeyman, who had emigrated from Scotland four years earlier. He was the grandson of minor
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William Crawford Honeyman (1845–1919) was a Scottish musician and author.William C. Honeyman was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1845 to Thomas and Eliza Honeyman, who had emigrated from Scotland four years earlier. He was the grandson of minor Scottish poet and songwriter, Adam Crawford. Honeyman returned to Britain with his mother and three siblings in 1849.[5] He was a violinist and orchestra leader who, under his real name, published violin instructional books such as How to Play the Violin and The Secrets of Violin Playing. His daughter Liza was an accomplished violinist who played a Guarnerius made in Cremona in 1742. Sivori (Paganini's only pupil) proclaimed it to be the finest toned violin in the world.
He was much better known, however, in his own time under his pseudonym, James McGovan (or James M'Govan), a writer of police detective novels.
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