Lorado Taft
Sculptor
Died when: 76 years 184 days (918 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Lorado Zadok Taft (April 29, 1860, in Elmwood, Illinois – October 30, 1936, in Chicago) was an American sculptor, writer and educator.His 1903 book, The History of American Sculpture, was the first survey of the subject and stood for decades as the standard reference.
He has been credited with helping to advance the status of women as sculptors.Taft was the father of U.S.
Representative Emily Taft Douglas, father-in-law to her husband, U.S.Senator Paul Douglas, and a distant relative of U.S.
President William Howard Taft.
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