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GEORGE JOB (1816-1893), English organist and composer, was born at Canterbury on the 27th of March 1816 . He was a chorister at Canterbury cathedral under Highmore Skeats, the organist . Subsequently he became a pupil of his elder brother, Stephen, and then studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Cipriani Potter and Dr Crotch . In 1834 he gained the Gresham prize medal for his anthem, " Bow down thine ear," and in 1835 was appointed organist of St George's chapel, Windsor, a post he filled for 47 years, retiring in 1882 . He took the degree of Mus . B. at Oxford in 1838, and in 184o that of Mus.D . Anthems of his were commissioned for the Three Choirs Festivals of 1853 and 1857, and in 1871 he received the honour of knighthood . He died at Windlesham in Surrey on the 9th of December 1893 . His works, which are nearly all for the Church, include two oratorios, a great number of anthems and services, and some pieces for the organ . A memoir of him, by his widow, was published in 1894 .