Owen Frampton
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Owen Frampton | |
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| Born | 6 April 1919 London, England |
| Died | 16 September 2005 (aged 86) Sussex, England |
| Children | Peter Frampton, Clive Frampton |
Owen Frampton (6 April 1919 – 16 September 2005) was an English art teacher. He was the father of musician Peter Frampton, and a teacher of musician David Bowie[1] and novelist Hanif Kureishi.[2]
Frampton was born in the Kennington district of London, England. His family later lived in other communities, including Sheerness and Beckenham.[1]
After the beginning of World War II, he enlisted in the British Army. He became an officer in the Royal Artillery, and participated in the North African Campaign, the Allied invasion of Sicily, and the Battle of Monte Cassino. He left the army and returned to Great Britain in 1946.[1]
Family
In 1941, he married his childhood friend Peggy ffitch, to whom he remained married for 64 years, until his death.[1] They had two sons, Peter and Clive.
Frampton provided Peter with his first musical instrument, a banjolele that had belonged to his mother (Peter's grandmother). After Peter learned to play that, he gave him the gift of a six-string guitar for Christmas.[3] He also introduced him to the music of Django Reinhardt, which Peter Frampton later cited as being influential to his own musical style.[4]