Thompson Dagnall is a British
sculptor
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.

Born in Liverpool on 15 February 1956, he attended
Liverpool
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and
Brighton
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Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, R ...
Polytechnics before gaining an
MA at
Chelsea College in 1979.
[Thompson Dagnall: CV]
accessed 16 January 2010
He is a prolific producer of works on public commission,
, accessed 11 July 2008 including ''Archimedes'' and ''Luca Pacioli'' in
Manchester
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; ''Halsall Navvy'' in
Halsall
Halsall is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, located close to Ormskirk on the A5147 and Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
Description
Historically known as Heleshala, Herleshala, (Domesday Book); Haleshal, 1224; Haleshale, 12 ...
;
''Black Tiger and Kissing Seat'', ''Walking Snake'', ''Hanging Bat'', ''Spruced up Heron'' and ''Orme Sight'' in
Beacon Fell Country Park
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;
and ''Gauging the Ripple'' by the
Ribble Link
The Millennium Ribble Link is a linear water park and new navigation which links the once-isolated Lancaster Canal in Lancashire, England to the River Ribble. The Lancaster Canal was never connected to the rest of the English waterways network, ...
canal in
Preston (nicknamed the "Ribble Piddler"
[Squires, Matthew (30 March 2009)]
"Piddler will return as £30k iron man"
''Lancashire Evening Post'', Preston, accessed 10 August 2009).
In his early career, he carved nudes with his first clothed piece being a sculpture of cricketer Don Bradman in 1985
Notes
1956 births
Living people
British sculptors
British male sculptors
Alumni of Liverpool John Moores University
Alumni of the University of Brighton
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