Sculptor and medalist. Born 24 Hedley Road, Shepherd's Bush. Many commissions for the Royal Mint. Other work in London: the Tubby Clayton and Alfred Henry Forster tombs (effectively horizontal statues), both in All Hallows by the Tower. 1919 moved into 108 Old Brompton Road. Died Kensington. His will gifted the Old Brompton Road house and studio to the Royal Society of British Sculptors who are still based there. Our photo is dated 1925.
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Cecil Thomas
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Crucifixion
The crucifixion sculpture was created by Cecil Thomas and installed as part o...
Nash at Church of All Souls
{On the front face of the plinth:} John Nash, 1752 - 1835, architect. {On a...
Sir Follett Holt
Since they are rather lovely we chose to photo one of the gate-post sculpted ...
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Michael Rizzello
Sculptor and designer. Born Michael Gaspard Rizzello in London, to an Italian tailor. Served in the army 1944-8. Chose to follow his talent for art rather than that for singing. Began working for M...
4 memorials
Michael Sandle
Born Weymouth. 2016 in-depth interview in 3rd Dimension, where Sandle says "the figure {on the seafarers memorial} ended up looking like my father."
1 memorial
3 memorials
Mary Grant
Despite her Wikipedia page stating (in 2022) that she was born in 1831, she was actually born on 16 March 1830 in Edinburgh, Scotland, a daughter of John Grant (1798-1873) and Lucy Grant née Bruce ...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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Tracy Andrews
The Times website advise that Tracy Lovick was born on 21 August 1964. In September 2001 she married John Andrews (1959-2004) in the Hertford and Ware registration district, Hertfordshire. Accord...
1 memorial
Dogs killed in medical experiments in 1902
232 dogs died in 1902 as a result of medical experiments. Wikipedia gives: "In 1875 there were around 300 experiments on animals in the UK, a figure that had risen to 19,084 in 1903 when the brown...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Sir Patrick Manson
Born in Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire. Physician who discovered that elephantiasis is spread by mosquitoes and suggested that mosquitoes also spread malaria. Founder of the original London School of ...
2 memorials
King Charles II
Reigned: 1660 - 1685. Born at St James's Palace. The son of the beheaded Charles I, he was the king "restored" to the throne after the civil war. Married Catherine of Braganza in 1662 but she prod...
19 memorials
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