Sculptor. Born in Salisbury, Wiltshire. originally a painter, he turned to sculpture in his thirties. His subjects include Mother Theresa of Calcutta. His own website.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Jonathan Wylder
Creations i
Robert Grosvenor statue
{On the milestone on which he props his foot:} Chester 197 miles. (Right ba...
Other Subjects
B. P. Arnold
Bernard Philip Arnold M.M., was born on 30 May 1893 in Birmingham, Warwickshire. He was one of the five children of Edward Alexander Arnold (1860-1908) and Osburga Arnold née Smallwood (1856-1936)....
8 memorials
John Bacon the Elder
Awarded the first gold medal for sculpture by the Royal Academy in 1769. Other works: Samuel Johnson (1796) in St Paul's Cathedral. Ornamental Passions writes : "John Bacon was the son of a clothwo...
5 memorials
1 memorial
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...
2 memorials
Frank Mowbray Taubman
Frank Mowbray Taubman was born on 13 June 1868 in Holloway, Middlesex (now Greater London), the second of the four children of Robert Taubman (1840-1905) and Fanny Taubman née Mountain (1845-1932)....
1 memorial
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Television
See Londonist's excellent post How Television Was Invented In London. We love it when our friends do the work for us!
3 memorials
Burtons Menswear
Clothing manufacturer and retailer. Montague Burton (1885 - 1952) was raised as Meshe David Osinsky,and emigrated from what is now Lithuania to England in 1900. He set up a business making and sell...
11 memorials
London County Council
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...
290 memorials
Mill Hill Estate
Mill Hill Park Acton provides a good history: Richard White's widow sold the estate in 1859 and the fields north of the big house were developed (Mill Hill Road) while the house and grounds were oc...
1 memorial
Great Storm - Victoria Embankment Gardens
WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens
The plaque to the Great Storm is rather hidden away in the flower bed behind and to the right of the statue.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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