Born: 30-Jul-1898
Birthplace: Castleford, Yorkshire, England
Died: 31-Aug-1986
Location of death: Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Sculptor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: 20th c. English humanist sculptor

Military service: British Army (1917, injured mustard gas attack)

Father: Raymond Spencer Moore (coal miner)
Mother: Mary Baker (d. 1944)
Wife: Irina Radetzky (m. 1929)
Daughter: Mary (b. 1946)

    High School: Castleford Grammar School (1909-15)
    University: Leeds School of Art (1919-20)
    University: Royal College of Art (1921-24)
    Professor: Parttime Instructor, Royal College of Art (1924-32)
    Professor: Chelsea School of Art (1932-)

    Erasmus Prize 1968
    Irish Ancestry Paternal

Is the subject of books:
Henry Moore, 1965, BY: Herbert Read
The Life of Henry Moore, 1987, BY: Roger Berthoud
A Monumental Vision: The Sculpture of Henry Moore, 1998, BY: John Hedgecoe

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