Anne Acheson

Anne Crawford Acheson was a British-Irish sculptor. She and Elinor Hallé invented plaster casts for soldier's broken limbs. Acheson exhibited at the Royal Academy and internationally. She was awarded the CBE in 1919. During the First World War she worked for the Surgical Requisites Association at Mulberry Walk in Chelsea, London. Acheson received the Gleichen Memorial Award in 1938. She divided her time between London and Glenavy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

5 August 1882

Born on the same birth day (5 August): Barbara Flynn • Christopher Chessun • David Baldacci • Eicca Toppinen • Federica Pellegrini • Joan Hickson • John Jarratt • Maik Franz • Mark Strong • Ray Clemence • Rory Morrison • Rudolf Schottlaender • Theodore Whitmore • Tullia (daughter of Cicero)

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