Engraver and medallist. Born Birmingham, his father Thomas also being an engraver as were a number of other (male, obviously) members of his family such as Edward Wyon, his brother. Chief engraver at the Royal Mint. Died near Hastings.
World of Coins reprints an article on the Wyon dynasty.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Thomas Wyon
The Fitzwilliam Museum has a page showing an original medal and: "The victory...
Born London but brought up in Dublin. Very successful and prolific sculptor but he was a difficult man with "evil habits" (which seem to have been mainly liquid) and never achieved membership of t...
Sculptor. Born Solihull. Committed socialist and campaigner. His work celebrates the heroes of liberation. The picture source web site splendidly shows many of his works and provides context fo...
Sculptor. Born Surrey, educated Camberwell, lived Bexleyheath. Other work in London: 'In Town' at the southern end of Battersea Bridge.
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
Robert Nesta Marley, singer, lyricist and Rastafarian icon. His reggae songs include: No Woman, No cry, One Love, I Shot the Sherriff. Born in Jamaica. Marley was invited by American singer Johnny...
The Shropshire Star reported that the black plaque was erected in November 2020 apparently as a temporary plaque and on 18 December that ...
This building, the Royal School of Mines, (1906, Aston Webb). has 34 memorials: a foundation stone, 2 busts and 30 scientists' surnames p...
Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover, known as Sir Benjamin Hall 1838-59, civil engineer and politician. First Commisioner of Works 1855-58. He oversaw the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament and h...
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