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WYON, THOMAS (17921817)

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 879 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: WIL-YAK
WYON, THOMAS (17921817) ,
English
  medallist, was born at
Birmingham
 . He was apprenticed to his father, the
chief
  engraver of the king's seals, and studied in the schools of the Royal
Academy
 , London, where he gained silver medals in both the antique and the
life
  class; he also obtained a gold
medal
  from the Society of Arts. He was appointed probationary engraver to the mint in 1811, and soon after engraved his
medal
  commemorative of the peace, and his Manchester Pitt medal. In 1815 he was appointed
chief
  engraver to the mint. His younger brother, Benjamin
Wyon
  (18021858), his nephews, Joseph Shepherd
Wyon
  (18361873) and Alfred Benjamin Wyon (18371884), and his
cousin
 , William Wyon (179 1851), were also distinguished medallists.


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