Background
American sculptor, was born Apr. 20, 1850 in Exeter, N.H., whence his father moved to Concord, Mass., in 1867. He studied sculpture in Boston with J. Q. A. Ward and William Rimmer, and continued his studies in Florence, Rome, and Paris.
American sculptor, was born Apr. 20, 1850 in Exeter, N.H., whence his father moved to Concord, Mass., in 1867. He studied sculpture in Boston with J. Q. A. Ward and William Rimmer, and continued his studies in Florence, Rome, and Paris.
Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1 year. Under Doctor William Rimmer, Boston, Thomas Ball, Florence. Honorary Master of Arts, Dartmouth, 1898, Yale, 1913, Harvard, 1917.
Doctor of Letters, Columbia, 1913.
Among his best known works are: “The Minute Man of Concord,” at Concord, Massachusetts. A statue of General Cass, in the Capitol at Washington. Statue of Rufus Choate, Boston Court House.
John Harvard, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Thomas Starr King statue. “Doctor Gallaudet and His First Deaf-Mute Pupil,” the Milmore Memorial (3d class medal at Paris Salon, 1892). And colossal “Statue of the Republic,” at Chicago Exposition.
Bronze doors, Boston Public Library. Statue of Alma Mater, Columbia College. 4 groups—Europe, Asia, Africa and America—in front of New York Custom House.
Statue of George F. Hoar, Worcester, 1908. Statue of Governor James Oglethorpe, Savannah, Georgia, 1910. Statue of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1912.
Statue of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, 1920.
Member National Commission Fine Arts. 1910-1915 (chairman 1912-1915). Medal of honor, Paris Exposition, 1900.
N.A. 1902.