Elyda Russell
Elyda Russell Barker (5 September 1872 – 17 June 1949), born Eliza Alison Russell, was an Australian mezzo-soprano singer based in Paris and London for much of her career. She was a student of Mathilde Marchesi. Early life and education Russell was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the daughter of George Russell and Ellen Alison Russell. Her father co-owned an engineering firm with his brother, University of Sydney benefactor Peter Nicol Russell. She played piano, and studied violin in Dresden in her youth, before training as a singer in Italy, and with Mathilde Marchesi in Paris."Paris"
''The Musical Courier'' (September 15, 1908): 16. She was considered a "favorite pupil" of Marchesi's, and was one of the "principal mourners" at Marchesi's funeral.

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Peter Nicol Russell
Sir Peter Nicol Russell (4 July 1816 – 10 July 1905), commonly referred to as P. N. Russell, was an Australian foundry owner, manufacturing engineer, and benefactor of the University of Sydney. Russell worked at iron foundries owned by his family in Scotland and Tasmania before starting a foundry and engineering works with his brothers on the banks of the Tank Stream in 1838 in the town of Sydney. Four years later, in 1842, Russell split from his brothers' business and founded his own operations where he remained for the next 13 years. In 1855 he reunited with his brothers, forming P. N. Russell & Company, which became the largest steelworks in Australia at the time. Russell returned to London in 1860 to retire and remained attached to the business by acting as its London representative. Following a number of labour strikes at the business, P. N. Russell & Company closed its doors in 1875. Russell retired with significant wealth and gifted A£100,000 to the University of Sy ...
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