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Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist (died 1889)

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Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

English sculptor and natural history artist (1807–1894)

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins was an English sculptor and natural history artist renowned for his work on the life-size models of dinosaurs in the Crystal Palace Park in south London. The models, accurately made using the latest scientific knowledge, created a sensation at the…
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February 8

Day of the year

February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 326 days remain until the end of the year.
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