The basics
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1800 - 1877
Gender:
Male
Birth:
1800
Death:
1877
The details
Biography
John Cobbett is a sculptor born in Edinburgh in 1929. He was educated at Charterhouse School, then Bournemouth Municipal College, before moving to the Royal Academy Schools.
He created three works for Sir Edward Maufe's Guildford Cathedral; the "Madonna and Child" and "St Francis" statues inside the cathedral, and the work "Faith". The latter was a gift to the Cathedral from the Women's Royal Army Corps.