Redford, George (1816 - 1895)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

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
Medical Obituaries

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

Occupation
Curator
 
General surgeon

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

URL for File
375238

Media Type
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