What is Lionel Tertis?
[[File:Lionel Tertis.jpg|right|200px]] '''Lionel Tertis''', [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (29 December 1876{{spaced ndash}}22 February 1975) was an English [[viola|violist]]. He was one of the first viola players to have international fame.<ref name=Yourlocalguardian>{{cite news|last1=Middleton|first1=Becky|title='Greatest viola player of the 20th century' honoured with English Heritage plaque on former home|url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/12956183._Greatest_viola_player_of_the_20th_century__honoured_with_English_Heritage_plaque_on_former_home/|access-date=19 May 2015|work=Yourlocalguardian|date=18 May 2015}}</ref> Tertis was also a known violin teacher. He was born in [[West Hartlepool]], [[North East England]]. Tertis died on 22 February 1975 in [[Wimbledon, London]] at the age of 98. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tertis, Lionel}} [[Category:1876 births]] [[Category:1975 deaths]] [[Category:British violinists]] [[Category:Academics of the Royal Academy of Music]] [[Category:Musicians from London]] {{bio-stub}}