Thomas Woolner

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Thomas Woolner
Thomas Woolner by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1852
Born	Thomas Woolner (1825-12-17)17 December 1825 Hadleigh, Suffolk, England
Died	7 October 1892(1892-10-07) (aged 66) London, England
Education	Apprentice to William Behnes
Known for	Sculpture, illustration, and poetry
Notable work	Civilization, Virgilia
Movement	Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Spouse	Alice Gertrude Waugh (m. 1864)
Children	6
Family	Diana Holman-Hunt (great-niece)

Thomas Woolner RA (17 December 1825 – 7 October 1892) was an English sculptor and poet who was one of the founder-members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was the only sculptor among the original members.

After participating in the foundation of the PRB, Woolner emigrated for a period to Australia. He returned to Britain to have a successful career as a sculptor, creating many important public works as well as memorials, tomb sculptures and narrative reliefs. He corresponded with many notable men of the day and also had some success as a poet and as an art dealer. One of his notable portrait medallions is that of the poet William Wordsworth in St Oswald's Church, Grasmere; Wordsworth is buried in the adjoining graveyard.