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Educated In London: REED, red, Andrew, English philanthropist: b. London, Nov. 27, 1787; d. there, Feb. 25, 1862. He was educated in london at Hackney College, London, ordained pastor of the Congregational Chapel at New Road, London, in 1811, and remained in this charge until 1861. He visited the United States in 1834 to study educational and religious systems and established in London the Orphan Asylum (1813), Infant Orphan Asylum (1827), Asylum for Idiots (1846), Royal Hospital for Incurables (1855) and an Asylum for Fatherless Children is Croydon. He published Visits to the America Churches (1836), and Advancement of Religiot the Claim of the Times (1847).
Richards exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, at the Paris Salon, and at various American expositions. A series of his water-color marines hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
RICHARDSON, rich'erd-s'n, SIR Benjamin Ward, English physician: b. Somerby, Leicestershire, England, Oct. 31, 1828; d. London, Nov. 21, 1896. He was educated in london in Scotland at Anderson College and St. Andrews University. In 1855 he moved to London and for three years was lecturer on medical jurisprudence at the School of Medicine in Grosvenor Place. He was also lecturer on physiology there until 1865.
RACKHAM, rak'am, Arthur, English artist and illustrator: b. London, England, Sept. 19, 1867; d. Limpsfield, Surrey, Sept. 6, 1939. He was educated in london at the City of London School, and at the age of 17 became a part-time student at the Lambeth School of Art. Soon he began to contribute illustrations to various London periodicals. His style, at first conventional, evolved in a highly individual manner under the influence of Aubrey Beardsley and other artists of the 1890's, and with the publication of an edition of the Grimm brothers' Fairy Tales (1900) he was in demand as a book illustrator. |
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