Person    | Male  Born 9/10/1947 

John V. Doubleday

Categories: Art, Sculpture

John V. Doubleday was born on 9 October 1947 in Langford, Maldon, Essex, the youngest of the three children of Gordon Vincent Doubleday (1914-1993) and Margaret Elsa Verder Doubleday née Harris (1909-1991). His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1947 in the Maldon Registration District, Essex.

His father was a farmer and his two siblings are: Jane M. Doubleday (b.1941) and Andrew G. V. Doubleday (b.1943).

Telephone directories in 1970 listed his studio at 10 London Road, Maldon.

Electoral registers from 2012 to 2018 showed him listed at Goat Lodge Farm, Goat Lodge Road, Great Totham, Maldon, CM9 8BX.

His Wikipedia page and his own website give much information about this sculptor and painter who is known professionally as John Doubleday. 

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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