Background
He was born in Birmingham in 1832.
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George Stanton
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Education
He was educated at King Edward"s School, Birmingham and Birmingham School of Art, initially training as a silversmith.
Career
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In Birmingham he was employed by Elkington & Mason. Some of his work from there is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He allegedly joined Garibaldi"s Red Shirts during a trip to Florence, Italy.
In 1855 he moved to Edinburgh, living first at 21 Dublin Street then at 1 Ramsay Lane.
He also lived at 24 (now 38) Upper Gray Street. From 1879 he was Curator of the Royal Scottish Academy School.
He died in Edinburgh on 8 January 1894.
