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Who was William Holman Hunt?

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Who was William Holman Hunt?

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Painter. Date and Place of Birth: 2nd April 1827, London, England. Family Background: Son of William Hunt, a warehousman and Sarah Hobman. (Hunt changed Hobman to Holman as a result of a clerical error on his parent’s Marriage Certificate). Education: Entered Royal Academy Schools at the third attempt after working as office clerk. 1839-43: Took drawing classes at the Mechanic’s Institute. Chronology/Biography of William Holman Hunt: 1848: Forms the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais. Paintings: 1884: The Triumph of the Innocents. (Tate Britain, London) Marriage: 1. 1865 to Fanny Waugh. 2. 1875 to his former wife’s sister Edith Waugh. Places of Interest: Date and Place of Death: 7th September 1912, London, England. Age at Death: 73. Site of Grave: St. Pauls Cathedral, London, England.