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Person    | Male  Born 7/7/1885  Died 1965

Edward Carter Preston

Categories: Craft / Design

Edward Carter Preston

Artist, renowned as a sculptor and medallist.  Born, and died, in Liverpool.

His major work is a series of sculptures at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral which took him 30 years. He designed the WW1 'dead man's penny' memorial plaque.

Brother-in-law of Herbert Tyson Smith.

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Edward Carter Preston

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Dead Man's Penny

{One side of the information panel:} Royal Arsenal History Next of Kin Memor...

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Penny wall

Enlarged imagery from the 'penny' has been used on the cladding of the statio...

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John Dolland

John Dolland

Optician, known for his successful optics business and his patenting and commercialization of achromatic doublets.  The business, founded in 1750, became Dollond & Aitchison in 1927, and was su...

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1 memorial
John Harrison (clocks)

John Harrison (clocks)

Inventor of the marine chronometer. Born Yorkshire. Died London. Buried at St John's Church, Hampstead, strangely, since he died in Red Lion Square and had no connections with Hampstead. The pictu...

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2 memorials
Martha Fevrier

Martha Fevrier

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Person, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Race Issues, Theatre

1 memorial
Stephen Bird

Stephen Bird

Artist/designer/craft-person.  Born Stoke-on-Trent.  Initially we could find no information about "S. Bird" but Andrew Behan was more successful so we have him to thank for this page.

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3 memorials
Brabant weavers

Brabant weavers

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1 memorial