Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (born 1850)

Sir William Hamo Thornycroft was an English sculptor, responsible for some of London's best-known statues, including the controversial statue of Oliver Cromwell outside the Palace of Westminster. He was a keen student of classical sculpture and was one of the youngest artists to be elected to the Royal Academy, in 1882, the same year the bronze cast of Teucer was purchased for the British nation under the auspices of the Chantrey Bequest.

December 18 is the 352nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 13 days remain until the end of the year.