Abbot, John (1751–1840
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Abbot, John (1751–1840?), naturalist and artist
Marcus B. Simpson jun.
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Ackermann, George (1803–1891), publisher and artist
John Ford
Ackermann, George (1803–1891), publisher and artist, was born in London on 29 January 1803, the second surviving son of Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834) and Martha, née Massey (1769–1811). By nature quiet, gentle, and something of a dreamer, he was nevertheless an obedient son and began a long and active business career by joining his father's business as publisher of books and prints at ...
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Ackling, (Walter) Roger (1947–2014), artist
Gill Hedley
Ackling, (Walter) Roger (1947–2014), artist, was born on 11 August 1947 at the West Middlesex Hospital, Twickenham Road, Isleworth, the first child and only son of Walter Frederick Ackling (1921–2013), quantity surveyor, and his wife, Alice Jean, née Lockton...
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Adams, Norman Edward Albert (1927–2005), artist
Magdalen Evans
Adams, Norman Edward Albert (1927–2005), artist, was born on 9 February 1927 in a flat at 74 Shernhall Street, Walthamstow, Essex, the only child of Albert Henry Adams (1900–1975), a London Transport clerk, and his wife, Elizabeth Winifred Rose, née Humphries (1906–2000). The family moved shortly afterwards to ...
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Adamson, Joy [née Friederike Viktoria Gessner] (1910–1980), conservationist and artist
Mary R. S. Creese
Adamson, Joy [née Friederike Viktoria Gessner] (1910–1980), conservationist and artist, was born on 20 January 1910 in Troppau, Silesia, the second of the three children of Viktor Gessner (d. 1933/4), civil servant, and his wife, Traute Greipel (1888?–1973). Her mother's family was well off, owning lands and paper factories. After her parents were divorced in 1922 she was brought up by her maternal grandmother in ...
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Adamson, Joy (1910–1980)
Maker: unknown photographer
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Joy Adamson (1910–1980) by unknown photographer [with Elsa the lioness] © Elsa Conservation Trust
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Agar, Eileen Forrester (1899–1991)
Maker: Eileen Forrester Agar
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Eileen Forrester Agar (1899–1991) self-portrait, 1927 © Estate of Eileen Agar; collection National Portrait Gallery, London
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Agar, Eileen Forrester (1899–1991), artist
Andrew Lambirth
Agar, Eileen Forrester (1899–1991), artist, was born on 1 December 1899 at Quinta la Lila, Flores, a suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina, the second of three daughters of James Senior Agar (1860–1925), businessman, and his wife, Mary (Mamie), née Bagley (1875–1943), whose family came from ...
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Alexander, William (1767–1816), artist and museum curator
Richard Garnett
revised by Heather M. MacLennan
Alexander, William (1767–1816), artist and museum curator, was born at Maidstone, Kent, on 10 April 1767, one of the three sons and one daughter of Harry Alexander, a coachbuilder. A pencil and watercolour sketch by Alexander of the street where he was born is in ...
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Allom, Thomas (1804–1872), architect and artist
Diana Brooks
Allom, Thomas (1804–1872), architect and artist, was born on 13 March 1804 at Lambeth, the second of the two children of Thomas Allom (1770–1840), a coachman, and his wife, Martha Rampley (1771–1861), who were both originally from Suffolk. He was articled to the architect ...
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Allom, Thomas (1804–1872)
Maker: Thomas Carrick
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Thomas Allom (1804–1872) by Thomas Carrick, 1846 private collection
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Andrews, Michael James (1928–1995), artist
William Feaver
Andrews, Michael James (1928–1995), artist, was born on 30 October 1928 at 142 Glebe Road, Norwich, the second child of Thomas Victor Andrews, an insurance clerk, and his wife, Gertrude Emma, née Green. Reared a Methodist and readied by his parents for a job for life in the ...
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Angas, George French (1822–1886), artist and zoologist
Elizabeth Baigent
Angas, George French (1822–1886), artist and zoologist, born on 25 April 1822 in Newcastle upon Tyne, was the eldest son of George Fife Angas (1789–1879) and his wife, Rosetta French (1796–1867), who had three sons and four daughters. When he was a child his family moved to ...
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Angus, Margaret MacGregor [Peggy] (1904–1993), designer and artist
James Russell
Angus, Margaret MacGregor [Peggy] (1904–1993), designer and artist, was born on 9 November 1904 in Coronel, Chile, the tenth surviving child of David Angus (1855–1926), railway engineer, and his wife, Mary, née Wilson (1860–1939), a former teacher. Her parents were originally from Scotland...
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Anson, Peter Frederick (1889–1975)
Maker: Howard Coster
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Peter Frederick Anson (1889–1975) by Howard Coster, 1933 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Anson, Peter Frederick (1889–1975), monk, writer, and artist
Michael Yelton
Anson, Peter Frederick (1889–1975), monk, writer, and artist, was born Frederick Charles Anson on 22 August 1889 at 32 South Parade, Southsea, the son of Charles Eustace Anson (1858–1940), subsequently rear-admiral, and his wife, (Maria) Evelyn, née Ross (1863–1904). His father came from a family with strong connections to the ...
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Ardizzone, Edward Jeffery Irving (1900–1979)
Maker: Howard Coster
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Edward Jeffery Irving Ardizzone (1900–1979) by Howard Coster, 1954 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Ardizzone, Edward Jeffery Irving (1900–1979), artist and writer
Brian Alderson
revised by Judy Taylor
Ardizzone, Edward Jeffery Irving (1900–1979), artist and writer, was born on 16 October 1900 in Haiphong, French Indo-China. He was the eldest child of Auguste Ardizzone (d. 1942), a naturalized Frenchman of Italian parentage, an employee of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company...
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Arendrup [née Courtauld], Edith (1846–1934), artist and Roman Catholic religious sister
Richard Milward
Arendrup [née Courtauld], Edith (1846–1934), artist and Roman Catholic religious sister, was born on 1 September 1846 at Bocking, Braintree, Essex, the younger child and only daughter of John Minton Courtauld (d. 1877), junior partner in Samuel Courtauld & Co., silk and crepe manufacturers, and his wife, ...
