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Charles Goddard Napier
Born(1889-08-01)1 August 1889
Died18 July 1978(1978-07-18) (aged 88)
NationalityScottish

Charles Goddard Napier (1 August 1889 - 1978 ) was a Scottish painter.[1][2]

Life

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His father was Alexander Nelson Napier (c. 1856 - 23 March 1917) from Edinburgh.

His mother was Janet Melrose (c. 1854 - 14 April 1929) from Edinburgh.

Charles Goddard Nairn was born on 1 August 1889 in Edinburgh.

He married Hazel May Ballance (6 December 1895 - 15 December 1960) from Woolwich in London. They married on 4 September 1934 in Edinburgh.

Art

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Death

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His wife Hazel May Ballance killed herself by barbiturate poisoning after a bout of depression. She was found in a locked room and died in Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford three days later.[3]

Charles Goddard Napier died in Morningside, Edinburgh in 1978.

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Works

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References

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  1. ^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
  2. ^ Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002134/19610216/256/0009
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19780801/114/0006
  5. ^ https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/auctions/paintings-332/lot/60?srsltid=AfmBOoqQPheR24NYtFCMfwEbIc2Xz7eB2HlLdkM6yNF1b0nbxCIZKGZ8


Category:1889 births Category:1978 deaths Category:Scottish male painters