Anne Acheson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anne Acheson

Irish sculptor

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1882

Place of Birth: Portadown, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1962

Profession: engineer, sculptor

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Anne Crawford Acheson (5 August 1882 – 13 March 1962) was a British-Irish sculptor.
She and Elinor Hallé invented plaster casts for soldier's broken limbs.
She was educated at Victoria College, Belfast, Belfast School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London.
She studied sculpture under Édouard Lantéri and exhibited at the Royal Academy and internationally.
She was awarded the CBE in 1919.
During the First World War she worked for the Surgical Requisites Association at Mulberry Walk in Chelsea, London.
Acheson received the Gleichen Memorial Award in 1938.
She divided her time between London and Glenavy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.