Abbott, Lemuel Francis [Samuel] (1760/61–1802), portrait painter, was the elder son of a clergyman in Leicestershire—probably the Revd Lemuel Abbott (d. 1776), curate of Anstey, later vicar of Thornton, and his wife, Mary. In 1775, at the age of fourteen, he was apprenticed to ...
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Abbott, Lemuel Francis [Samuel] (1760/61–1802), portrait painter
A. Nisbet
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Abercrombie, Sir (Leslie) Patrick (1879–1957), town planner
Mervyn Miller
Abercrombie, Sir (Leslie) Patrick (1879–1957), town planner, was born on 6 June 1879 at Green Bank, Sale, Altrincham, one of a family of nine. His father, William Abercrombie (1838–1908), born in Bradford, was a Manchester stockbroker and businessman, with literary and artistic interests; his mother, ...
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Abercrombie, Sir (Leslie) Patrick (1879–1957)
Maker: Howard Coster
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Abney, Sir William de Wiveleslie (1843–1920), civil servant and photographic scientist
Peter J. T. Morris
Abney, Sir William de Wiveleslie (1843–1920), civil servant and photographic scientist, was born at Derby on 24 July 1843, the eldest son of Edward Henry Abney (bap. 1811, d. 1892), vicar of St Alkmund's, Derby, afterwards prebendary of Lichfield, and Catharina, daughter of ...
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Acland, Sarah Angelina [Angie] (1849–1930), photographer
Giles Hudson
Acland, Sarah Angelina [Angie] (1849–1930), photographer, was born at Broad Street, Oxford, on 26 June 1849, the second of eight children and only daughter of the physician Henry Wentworth Acland (1815–1900), who was then Lee's reader in anatomy at Christ Church, Oxford, and his wife, ...
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Acland, Sarah Angelina (1849–1930)
Maker: Sarah Acland
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Acton, John Adams- (1830–1910), sculptor
S. E. Fryer
revised by Anne MacPhee
Acton, John Adams- (1830–1910), sculptor, was born on 11 December 1830 at Acton Hill, Middlesex, one of the two surviving sons and three daughters of William Adams (1778/9–1836), an artist, and his wife, Helen Elizabeth Humphrey (1794–1878). His sister ...
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Acton, John Adams- (1830–1910)
Maker: Samuel Alexander Walker
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Adams, Clement (c. 1519–1587), schoolmaster and map engraver
R. C. D. Baldwin
Adams, Clement (c. 1519–1587), schoolmaster and map engraver, was born at Buckington, Warwickshire. He was educated at Eton between 1530 and 1536, and subsequently at the King's Hall, Cambridge. From 17 August 1536 he was tutored in classics, mathematics, and geometry at Cambridge...
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Adams, Katharine (1862–1952), bookbinder
Jane Griffiths
Adams, Katharine (1862–1952), bookbinder, was born on 25 November 1862 at Bracknell in Berkshire, the second daughter among the three children of the Revd William Fulford Adams (d. 1912) and his wife, Catherine Mary Horton (bap. 1830, d. 1912). As a child she lived at ...
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Adams, Robert (1917–1984), sculptor and designer
Alastair Grieve
Adams, Robert (1917–1984), sculptor and designer, was born at 22 Thirlestane Road, Far Cotton, Northamptonshire, on 5 October 1917, the youngest of the three children of Arthur Adams (b. 1878), a master grocer and market gardener, and his first wife, Emily, ...
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Adams, William (bap. 1746, d. 1805), potter
Alison Kelly
Adams, William (bap. 1746, d. 1805), potter, was baptized on 15 June 1746 in Tunstall, Staffordshire, the posthumous son of Edward Adams (d. 1745/6), potter, and Martha, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Adams. There were three William Adamses who were potters in ...
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Agas, Radulph [Ralph] (c. 1540–1621), land surveyor
Sarah Bendall
Agas, Radulph [Ralph] (c. 1540–1621), land surveyor, was probably a native of Stoke by Nayland in Suffolk. His parents are not known, but it is likely he was a relative of Edward Aggas, son of Robert Aggas of Stoke by Nayland. Radulph (or Ralph)...
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Aggas, Robert (c. 1620–c. 1682), landscape and scene painter
W. C. Monkhouse
revised by Arianne Burnette
Aggas, Robert (c. 1620–c. 1682), landscape and scene painter, was the son of Samuel Agas of St Andrew's parish, Holborn. The family was originally from Stoke by Nayland in Suffolk. Samuel Agas was the son of Edward Aggas, a bookseller and printer, and relative of ...
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Aglionby, William (1641–1705), diplomat and writer on art
Henry Summerson
Aglionby, William (1641–1705), diplomat and writer on art, was born in the summer of 1641, the second son of George Aglionby (d. 1643), who died shortly after being appointed dean of Canterbury by Charles I, and his wife, Sibilla Smith. George had previously been employed by the ...
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Aitchison, George (1825–1910)
Maker: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
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Aitchison, George (1825–1910), architect
J. Mordaunt Crook
Aitchison, George (1825–1910), architect, was born in London on 7 November 1825, the son of George Aitchison (1792–1861) and his wife, Maria Freeman. After education at Merchant Taylors' School, London (1835–41), he was articled in 1841 to his father, then architect to the ...
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Albin, Eleazar (d. 1742?), naturalist and watercolour painter
Peter Osborne
Albin, Eleazar (d. 1742