Robert Aagaard
Robert Aagaard JP | |
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| Born | 27 June 1932 Norwich, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 1 April 2001 (aged 68) |
| Spouse | Fiona |
Robert Aagaard
Early life
The son of Villien Valdemar Aagaard and Florence Aagard (née Brooke), Aagaard was born at Norwich, Norfolk, in 1932, after his father's family had migrated from Denmark at the time of the rise of Fascism in Germany.[2][3] He was educated at the junior and senior schools of Gresham's School (at Newquay, and then Holt, Norfolk), from 1941 to 1949, where he was a member of Farfield, one of Gresham's boarding houses.[2][4] His exact contemporaries at Farfield included Martin Burgess, later a master clockmaker.[4]
Life and career
After completing his
Aagaard was managing director of Robert Aagaard Ltd (Antiques), from 1960 to 1980, the company's consultant from 1980 to 1995; a Director of Aagaard-Hanley Ltd, Fibrous Plasterers, from 1970 to 1980. He was a
In 1980, Aagaard and his wife Fiona founded the Cathedral Camps, a youth movement recognised as a residential section of the
In the early 1980s, the Aagaards raised funds and found trustees, including architects, artists, and cathedral deans. Establishing a supply of suitable tools and conservation materials, insurance, accommodation, and transport all needed careful planning. In the 20 years during which Aagaard headed the organisation, Cathedral Camps enabled some 9000 students to spend time working and living in cathedrals. Camps were organised every year at 24 centres, mostly English cathedrals, but also some larger parish churches and some Church of Scotland, free church, and Roman Catholic places of worship.[3]
Aagaard was a churchwarden at Knaresborough[3] and from 1995 a member of the General Synod of the Church of England. He was Chairman of the Ripon Diocesan Advisory Committee and a member of the Ripon Cathedral Fabric Advisory Committee from 1993, a member of the Bradford Cathedral Fabric Advisory Committee from 1997, of the Cathedrals' Fabric Commission for England, from 1995, and of the Ripon Diocese Redundant Churches Uses Committee, from 1984.[2]
Private life
In 1960, Aagaard married Fiona Christine Drury, and they had two sons and one daughter.[2]
In Who's Who, he gave his recreations as "Gardening, walking" and his address in the year of his death as Manor House, High Birstwith, Harrogate, North Yorkshire.[2]
Aagaard has an early place in any alphabetical list, and in May 2020 his entry in the combined index of Who Was Who was first out of 131,546 entries. Second came Professor Alvar Aalto.[6]
Honours
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 1993[2]
References
- ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h 'AAGAARD, Robert', in Who Was Who, A. & C. Black, 1920–2007; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007: AAGAARD, Robert (subscription required). Retrieved 10 August 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g Robert Aagaard[dead link], obituary in The Independent dated Tuesday, 3 April 2001. Retrieved 10 August 2008
- ^ a b Old Greshamian Club Book (Cromer, Cheverton & Son Ltd, 1998), p. 17
- ^ About Us page at cathedralcamps.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2008
- ^ Who Was Who online index at ukwhoswho.com, accessed 4 May 2020 (subscription required): “Aagaard, Robert, (27 June 1932–1 April 2001)“
External links
- cathedralcamps.org.uk – official web site