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Carrick (surname)
Carrick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alexander Carrick (1882–1966), Scottish sculptor *Bill Carrick (1873–1932), American baseball player *Connor Carrick (born 1994), American ice hockey player *Dale Carrick (born 1994), Scottish footballer *Donald Carrick (1906–1997), Canadian lawyer, political figure, Olympic boxer, and national golf champion *Edward Carrick (1905–1998), British art designer, film director and author *Ethel Carrick (1872–1952), English-born Post-Impressionist painter *James Stewart Carrick (1855–1923), Scottish rugby union and cricket player *John Carrick (other), various *Mervyn Carrick (born 1946), Northern Ireland politician *Michael Carrick (born 1981), English footballer *Phil Carrick (1952–2000), English cricketer *Sir Roger Carrick (born 1937), British former diplomat and author *Samuel Carrick (1760–1809), American Presbyterian minister *Thomas Heathfield Carrick (1802–1874), English portrait miniature p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Carrick
Alexander Carrick (20 February 1882 – 1966) was a Scottish sculptor. He was one of Scotland's leading monumental sculptors of the early part of the 20th century. He was responsible for many architectural and ecclesiastical works as well as many war memorials executed in the period following World War I. As head of sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art, and as a leading member of the Royal Scottish Academy, Carrick had a lasting influence on Scottish sculpture. Early years Alexander Carrick was born in 1882, the son of a blacksmith in the small town of Musselburgh, just east of Edinburgh. In 1897 he enrolled as a student at Edinburgh College of Art and was apprenticed as a stonemason working in the yard of one of the prominent monumental sculptors of the period, Birnie Rhind. He won the Queen's Prize allowing him to go to London to study for two years at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington College under the French-born sculptor Professor Édouard Lantéri. He then retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |