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In 1785 Thomas Banks [aged 49] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
In 1794 Thomas Stothard [aged 38] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
In 1800 Martin Archer Shee [aged 30] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
In 1811 Richard Westmacott [aged 35] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy; his diploma work being a "Ganymede" in high relief.
In 1816 Alfred Edward Chalon [aged 35] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
On 10th February 1836 John Gibson [aged 45] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy. He submitted a statue of Narcissus as his Diploma Work. The subject is one from classical mythology but the figure was initially inspired by a scene Gibson observed in Rome. While out walking on the Pincian Hill, the artist caught sight of a boy looking at his reflection in water, reminding him of the story of Narcissus.
In 1849 Richard "The Younger" Westmacott [aged 50] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
In 1877 William Quiller Orchardson [aged 44] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
On 18th December 1879 Henry Hugh Armstead [aged 51] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
In 1913 Alfred East [aged 68] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1919 Adrian Scott Stokes [aged 64] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
In 1934 Frank Cowper was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
In 1937 Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 46] was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy.
