Sculptor. Born John Adams in Acton and later added the (now) suburb's name to his, not because of pride in his place of birth but to differentiate himself from other artists of the same name. Did much work for the Methodists, in particular the Wesley memorial in Westminster Abbey. Died at his wife's home on the Isle of Arran which he visited every summer.
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John Adams-Acton
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Adams-Acton
John Adams-Acton, sculptor, 1831 - 1910, lived here 1882 - 1906. Westminster ...
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John Wesley statue - City Road
{below his feet:} The world is my parish {On the base of the granite pedesta...
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Thomas Earp
Architectural carver. Born Nottinghamshire. Worked out of 1 Kennington Road. Do not confuse with Thomas Earp the politician, with similar dates.
2 memorials
Eric Benfield, FRSA
Eric Benfield was born on 9 June 1902 in Swanage, Dorset, the third of the four children of Charles Benfield (1866-1936) and Adelaide Benfield née Smith (1868-1943). His birth was registered in the...
1 memorial
Henry Poole
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6 memorials
Newbury Abbot Trent
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2 memorials
Ralph Beyer
From Birkbeck : "Sculptor, Ralph Beyer, who died in 2008 aged 86, fled from Nazi Germany arriving in England with his family in 1937 when he was 16 years old. His mother later returned to Germany ...
1 memorial
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E. V. Knox
Editor of Punch, 1932 - 1949, essayist and poet. Used the penname Evoe. In 1977 his daughter, Penelope Fitzgerald the author, wrote a biography, "The Knox Brothers" of him and his two brothers.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Bullivant’s Wharf - WW2 bomb
E14, Thames Path
Brought to our attention by Londonist's post about the disappearing Isle of Dogs.
5 subjects commemorated
Rotary Armillary
SM1, Trinity Square
An armillary (or astrolabe) is a model comprising rings showing the positions of astronomical objects. See Simon Wolff for others in London.
8 subjects commemorated,
8 creators
Jeffrey Bernard
Journalist. Born 11 Hampstead Square. His chaotic life, spent mainly in the bar of the Coach and Horses, Greek Street, led to the play 'Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell' by Keith Waterhouse, the title bei...
1 memorial
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