Born Devon. Created Mr Benn and Elmer the Patchwork Elephant.
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Sir David Low
Cartoonist and caricaturist. Born David Alexander Cecil Low in Dunedin, New Zealand. He worked for several newspapers, before coming to London and joining the 'Star'. In 1927 he moved to the Evenin...
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Edward Ardizzone
Artist. Born Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone of French/Italian stock in Haiphong, Tonkin (modern day Vietnam) where his father was working at the time. He came to Britain in 1905, and eventually st...
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Herbert Schmalz
Herbert Gustave Schmalz was a painter, mainly religious subjects in a Pre-Raphaelite style. His father was a merchant, and later Prussian consul in Newcastle, where Schmalz was born. His maternal g...
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William Cleverly Alexander
A wealthy banker and art collector, who bought Aubrey House in 1873 for about £15,000. He was an important patron of Whistler. He died when he fell down the stairs of his country home Heathfield Ho...
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