Poet, writer, artist and gardener. Born in the Bahamas to Scottish parents and brought up in Scotland. Studied at Glasgow School of Art. Combined his interests by installing concrete poetry in his self-created garden at Little Sparta, near Edinburgh. Died Edinburgh.
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
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Princess Diana - Serpentine Gallery
"The beauty of trees..." is a quotation from Hutcheson.
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Sir William Blake Richmond
Born 10 York Street. Painter. He entered the Royal Academy in 1858, winning two silver medals. His reputation rests on his portraiture of many prominent people. His painting of the Princess of Wal...
1 memorial
Lady Diana Beauclerk
Lady Diana Spencer was born in 1735, the eldest child of the third Duke of Marlborough. She was expected to follow a traditional path through life: educated in the fashion considered suitable for a...
2 memorials
Charles Eamer Kempe
Stained glass artist. Thee is a memorial to Charles Eamer Kempe in the South Transept of Chichester Cathedral.
1 memorial
Nicholas Dimbleby
Son of Richard and younger brother of the better known David and Jonathan, who keeps his light under a bushel, as no date of birth can be traced. A search of the records, using his probable age and...
1 memorial
1 memorial