Owen Frampton was the father of musician Peter Frampton, and a teacher of musician David Bowie and novelist Hanif Kureishi.
11 Facts About Owen Frampton
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Owen Frampton became an officer in the Royal Artillery, and participated in the North African Campaign, the Allied invasion of Sicily, and the Battle of Monte Cassino.
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Owen Frampton left the army and returned to Great Britain in 1946.
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Owen Frampton provided Peter with his first musical instrument, a banjolele that had belonged to his mother.
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Owen Frampton introduced him to the music of Django Reinhardt, which Peter Frampton later cited as being influential to his own musical style.
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In 1946, while taking classes at Beckenham School of Art, Owen Frampton began teaching in the art department of Beckenham Technical School, later known as Bromley Technical High School, and currently known as the Ravens Wood School.
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Owen Frampton's students included David Jones and George Underwood, as well as his own sons Peter and Clive.
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Peter Owen Frampton later reflected on his early interest in performing popular music:.
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Owen Frampton later wrote of his experiences teaching Jones and Underwood in a later autobiography:.
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Owen Frampton was completely misunderstood by most of my teaching colleagues, but in those days, cults were unfashionable and David, by the age of 14, was already a cult figure.
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Owen Frampton achieved this by encouraging a passion for design which involved us designing book jackets, album covers, TV credits, posters, fabrics, ceramics and furniture at the age of 16.