Harry Dean (22 February 1879 – 30 October 1955) was a Canadian conductor, pianist, organist, and music educator of English birth.
Among his important students were Howard Brown, Harold Hamer, Georges and Carl Little, Gordon MacPherson, Jocelyn Pritchard, and Marguerita Spencer.
He then pursued studies at the Leipzig Conservatory where he was a pupil of Robert Teichmüller (piano) and Paul Homeyer (organ).
In 1906 he joined the faculty of the Halifax Conservatory of Music (HCM) as head of the school's keyboard and theory department.
[2] In 1937 Dean founded the Nova Scotia Registered Music Teachers' Association, serving as the organizations president in 1937-1938 and again in 1945-1946 and 1949–1951.