He was appointed Burnett-Fletcher Professor
of History and Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen from 1903 until
his retirement in 1930. He served as president of the Association of
Scottish History. Terry was also known as a composer and amateur
musician. In 1898 he became conductor of the Aberdeen University Choral
and Orchestral Society, with roughly 150 singers and 70
instrumentalists; and in 1909 he founded the Aberdeen and North East of
Scotland Music Festival.
Terry had a close professional and personal association with Edward
Elgar, both being involved in the Three Choirs Festival in the
cathedrals of Hereford, Gloucester and Worcester. Terry arranged for
Elgar to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Aberdeen
in 1906 and four years later helped with the proofreading of the
original manuscript of the violin concerto, which Elgar later bequeathed
to him. Terry later gifted this volume to his colleague at the
University of Aberdeen Sir John Marnoch.
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