The British Musical Biography

[E] Scates, Linda, Mrs. Dutton Cook, pian-
ist, second daughtar of Joseph Scates. Born
at Dublin, November 16, 1855. Pupil of Sir R.
P. Stewart and of R.A.JI. ; elected Associate,

[+] R.A.M. An accomplished pianist, she retired
from public life on her marriage with Mr. E.
Dutton Cook, dramatic critic, August 20,
1874. After his death (September 11, 1883),
she resumed her profession in 1884, and was
appointed a professor at the Guildhall School,
and the same year was granted an annual
pension of £150 from the Civil List. She
gave concerts at the Princes' Hall, and else-
where. On January 6, 1885, she married
Charles Dickens, second son of Edmund
Yates.

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