William Birnie Rhind
Deceased Person
1853 – 1933
Who was William Birnie Rhind?
William Birnie Rhind RSA was a Scottish sculptor. Rhind was born in Edinburgh as the eldest son of sculptor John Rhind, and the elder brother of J. Massey Rhind. The two brothers set up a studio in Glasgow in 1885, then Birnie moved to Edinburgh, and his brother went to Paris, then permanently to America in 1889, despite the warnings of their father. His younger brother was Thomas Duncan Rhind the architect.
His name is particularly connected to several dozen fine sculptural war memorials in the Edinburgh and Lothian area. The best of these is probably the 1919 bronze figure of a fallen officer, telling his men to "carry on", which is located at Fettes College, a private school in Edinburgh.
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- Born
- 1853
Edinburgh - Parents
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Lived in
- Edinburgh
- Died
- 1933
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on July 23, 2013
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