Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E003055 - Redford, George (1816 - 1895)
Title:
Redford, George (1816 - 1895)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003055
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-10-31
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Redford, George (1816 - 1895), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Redford, George
Date of Birth:
1816
Date of Death:
26 October 1895
Place of Death:
London
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS November 9th 1838
FRCS February 11th 1869
Details:
George Redford is chiefly remembered in connection with sculpture. He was Registrar of the Crystal Palace Collection of Sculpture in 1853-1854; Curator of the Art Treasures Exhibition in Manchester, 1857; Commissioner for the National Exhibition of Works of Art, Leeds, 1868. He lived at Cricklewood, London, and died there on October 26th, 1895. His eldest son, George Alexander Redford, was well known for many years as the official examiner of plays.
Publication:
*A Manual of Ancient Sculpture, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Roman, with illustrations and chronological lists of ancient sculptors and their works*, 8vo, London, 1886. There is a copy in the College Library, interesting as the work of a Fellow.
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E003000-E003999/E003000-E003099
Media Type:
Unknown
