George Blackall Simonds

George Blackall Simonds
Birth name George Simonds
Born 6 October 1843(1843-10-06)
Reading, Berkshire, England
Died 16 December 1929(1929-12-16) (aged 86), aged 86
Bradfield, Berkshire, England
Nationality English
Field Sculpture
Works The Falconer (1873)
Maiwand Lion (1886)
Statue of Queen Victoria (1887)
Statue of George Palmer (1891)

George Blackall Simonds (6 October 1843 – 16 December 1929[1]) was an English sculptor and director of H & G Simonds Brewery in Reading in the English county of Berkshire.[2]

In 1922 he temporarily came out of retirement to build the Bradfield war memorial which commemorated the deaths in the First World War of those in the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers which included his son.

In 2005, users of Reading Borough Libraries, voted him winner of the 'Great People of Reading' poll.

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References

  1. ^ Simonds, Raymond (2004). "George Blackall Simonds". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/gbsimonds.html. Retrieved 2007-03-07. 
  2. ^ "Simonds Brewery". BBC Berkshire. http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/outdoors/walk_through_time/05.shtml. Retrieved 2007-03-07. 

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