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John Churchill Sibley was born on December 12 1858 in Crewkerne Somerset and became a boarder at the local School where from the age of 13 he played the school organ.At 18 Sibley became a teacher at Clifton Grammar School in Warwickshire where he was also the organist. To avoid making a noise he practiced on a small harmonium. without using the bellows and eventually gained his Doctor of Music degree in 1894.