Hamo Thornycroft

Sir Hamo Thornycroft RA
William Hamo Thornycroft, 1884 by Theodore Blake Wirgman
Born	(1850-03-09)9 March 1850 London, England
Died	18 December 1925(1925-12-18) (aged 75) Oxford, England
Occupation	Artist
Known for	Sculpture

Sir William Hamo Thornycroft RA (9 March 1850 – 18 December 1925) was an English sculptor, responsible for some of London's best-known statues, including the statue of Oliver Cromwell outside the Palace of Westminster.^[1][2] He was a keen student of classical sculpture and was one of the youngest artists to be elected to the Royal Academy, in 1882, the same year the bronze cast of Teucer was purchased for the British nation under the auspices of the Chantrey Bequest.

He was a leading figure in the establishment of the New Sculpture movement, which provided a transition between the neoclassical styles of the 19th century and later modernist developments.