Person    | Male  Born 15/8/1928  Died 18/10/2016

Alan Collins

Categories: Sculpture

Countries: USA

Sculptor. Born Surrey as Alan Rodney Collins. Trained in England and became associated with the Seventh Day Adventists. Provided a lot of sculpture for Guildford Cathedral. Joined the Seventh-day Adventists in the 1950s. 1968 moved to the USA and spent the next 20 years teaching in Adventist universities. Returned to Britain in 2013 and settled in Dorset.

Other work in London: The 'Minerva' in Montague Close, between Minerva House and Southwark Cathedral commissioned by National and Grindlays Bank (1966)in fibre-reinforced plastic with powdered aluminium.

Guardian obituary.

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Alan Collins

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John F. Kennedy memorial - Runnymede

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Donatello
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Marcus Cornish

Marcus Cornish

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3 memorials
Chas Fagan

Chas Fagan

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Charles James Pibworth

Charles James Pibworth

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1 memorial
Alfred Adrian Jones, MVO, FRBS

Alfred Adrian Jones, MVO, FRBS

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5 memorials

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Texas Legation

Texas Legation

SW1, Pickering Place, 3

The plaque was erected on the initiative of Sir Alfred Bossom MP, then president of the Anglo-Texan Society. It was unveiled by former Te...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
St Marys Newington - Faraday

St Marys Newington - Faraday

SE1, Newington Butts, Garden

Three churches and two clock towers have been built on this site, but nothing remains today. A modern information board (which you can se...

1 subject commemorated