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Thomas Woolner
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Born in Hadleigh, Suffolk
Born on 17th of December 1825
Died on 7th of October 1892

Born 1825. Died 1892 - English poet and sculptor.


Studied at Royal Academy, London. Published volume of poems My Beautiful Lady (1863). Produced statues of many famous contemporaries including Tennyson, Prince Albert, William Gladstone and William Whewell. Later work included The Housemaid (1892).

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