Timeline

1913

Born in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England, UK

1933 - 1936

Trained as an architect

1936 - 1939

Teaching at the Architectural Association in London and working as an architect until the outbreak of World War II

1941 - 1945

Working as a blacksmith in Iping, West Sussex, UK

1944

Beginning to sculpt without any formal training

1950 - 1953

Working at the University of Leeds as the first Gregory Fellow in Sculpture. Matured as a sculptor, turning to modelling in clay, plaster or wax instead of welding, and casting in a thin-shell bronze technique of his own

1950

Beginning to work as a Sculptor full-time

1953

First prize in an international competition for a monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner, which culminated in a working model (h. 2.24 m, 1955-6; London, Tate)

1981

Died