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William Birnie Rhind RSA (1853–1933) was a Scottish sculptor.
Life
Rhind was born in Edinburgh on 27 February 1853 as the first son of sculptor John Rhind (1828–1892), and his wife, Catherine Birnie. He was 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, an architect.
His name is particularly connected to several dozen sculptural war memorials in the Edinburgh and Lothian area. One of these is a monument to the Royal Scots Greys on Princes Street in Edinburgh. Also of note is the 1919 bronze figure of a fallen officer, telling his men to "carry on", which acts as the school war memorial at Fettes College, a private school in Edinburgh.
William died on 9 July 1933 and was buried with his parents, and Alice Stone, his wife, in the family plot in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh.
Works
Gallery
References
Further reading
McWilliam, Colin; Gifford, John; Walker, David (1984). Edinburgh. The Buildings of Scotland. Yale. ISBN 0-300-09672-0.
McWilliam, Colin (1978). Lothian, except Edinburgh. Buildings of Scotland. Yale. ISBN 0-300-09626-7.
External links
Media related to William Birnie Rhind at Wikimedia Commons
30 artworks by or after William Birnie Rhind at the Art UK site
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- William Birnie Rhind
- Rhind
- Scott Monument
- St Giles' Cathedral
- Birnie (surname)
- Fettes College
- Apollo
- Kelty
- John Rhind (sculptor)
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