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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Robert Wallace Martin

Robert Wallace Martin

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Charles Whiffen

Charles Whiffen

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1 memorial
A. Elfes and Sons

A. Elfes and Sons

Sculptors active 1920.

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1 memorial
Wendy Taylor

Wendy Taylor

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5 memorials
Leslie Cubitt Bevis

Leslie Cubitt Bevis

Sculptor. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Leslie Cubitt Bevis was born on 29 May 1892 in Maidstone, Kent, the youngest of the three children of William Fish Foster Bevis (1860-1946)...

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1 memorial

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Aldersgate

Aldersgate

EC1, Aldersgate Street

The Corporation of the City of London Site of Aldersgate, demolished 1761

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman bust

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman bust

E1, Sidney Street, 5, Awami League

We cannot discover the name of the sculptor, unless that is Fuhad Ahmed Farahad, about whom we can find nothing. December 16 is Victory ...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Marylebone's first car park

Marylebone's first car park

W1, Chiltern Street

Gosh, weren't we proud of our car parks, back then? The Westminster Audley Square Garage, erected 3 years earlier also boasts a plaque. ...

1 subject commemorated, 7 creators
H. Richardson & Sons Ltd
1 memorial