John Doubleday (born 9 October 1947)[1] is a British sculptor and painter.
[2] His work includes statues of political leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Golda Meir as well as cultural icons such as The Beatles, Sherlock Holmes and Laurel and Hardy.
[3] Doubleday was born in 1947 in Langford,[4] near Maldon, Essex and studied sculpture at Goldsmiths College.
[5] In 2014, he unveiled a statue of Herbert George Columbine which is the United Kingdom's only statue of a named army private.
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