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William Mossman (18 August 1793 – 23 June 1851) was a Scottish sculptor operational in the early 19th century, and father to three sculptor sons. ==Life== Said to be a descendant of James Mossman (1530–1573),〔http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_biography.php?sub=mossman_w〕 Mossman was born in West Linton, the son of the local schoolmaster, John Mossman (died 1808) and Jean Forrest. He apparently trained under Sir Francis Chantrey〔Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660-1851, Rupert Gunnis〕 in London before returning to Scotland in 1823, where he first lived in Edinburgh, working as a marble cutter on Leith Walk〔http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_biography.php?sub=mossman_w〕 before moving Glasgow in 1830, where he lived for the remainder of his life. In 1833 he began his own company "William Mossman", renamed to "J G & W Mossman" in 1854, when he embraced his sons into the firm as partners. From 1857 the firm was known as J & G Mossman Ltd. During the boom of cemetery development in Glasgow Mossman received many commissions for monuments in the Glasgow Necropolis, Sighthill Cemetery and the Southern Necropolis. Mossman died in 1851 and was buried in Sighthill Cemetery in north Glasgow, with his monument designed by Alexander "Greek" Thomson. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Mossman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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