Ansell, John (ne Jacob) 26.mar.1874-14.dec.1948 England, London Clerkenwell - Buckinghamshire, Marlow-on-Thames
violist, conductor, studied composition with Hamish MacCunn at the Guildhall School in London, violist under Sullivan in the most important London orchestras, theatre conductor in London West End theatres, 7 years for Cyril Maude at the Playhouse, then for Louis Meyer at the Strand Theatre, 7 years at the Winter Garden, 1913-1920 at the Alhambra, 1920 the Shaftesbury and the Adelphi theatres, 1926-1930 he worked for BBC Radio