Person    | Male  Born 8/2/1807  Died 27/1/1889

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Categories: Art, Sculpture

Artist, sculptor. Born Devonshire Street. Designer of the prehistoric 'monsters' original made for and exhibited at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park but now in Crystal Palace Park. They were moved here with the Crystal Palace in 1854. Died at 60 Erpingham Road, Putney.

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Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Hawkins lived here with his family 1856 - 1872.

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