Person    | Male  Born 11/12/1830  Died 28/10/1910

John Adams-Acton

Categories: Sculpture

John Adams-Acton

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 plinth:...

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Richard Moore

Richard Moore

Father of Capt. Francis W. Moore, M.C. whose name appears on the memorial erected by his father. If Moore Snr. really did the carving on the monument then he was a talented sculptor and we are surp...

Person, Benefactor, Sculpture

1 memorial
Frank Meisler

Frank Meisler

Architect and sculptor. Born Danzig. Arrived in England via the Kindertransport. Active in 2006. Art Forum obit. Born in what was then Danzig and is now Gdansk, Poland. Meisler was himself one of t...

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1 memorial
Harry Gray

Harry Gray

Sculptor. Lives and works in Cambridge (2018).

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials
Kevin Boys

Kevin Boys

Boys is an artist and blacksmith based in Rotherhithe. Kevin Boys Blacksmiths is a family-run business which has been operating for over 30 years.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Francis Bird

Francis Bird

Sculptor. Born in the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Much admired in his day, his work can be seen at St Paul's and at Westminster Abbey. In 1729, leaving a tavern at Christmas, he slipped and ...

Person, Sculpture

4 memorials