Edward Wyon
Born 1837
Died 1906
Active: 1857 - 1906
Country of birth and death: England
Medallist
He was the grandson of George Wyon (b. 1771) and the son of John George Wyon (b. 1806) who married Alice Arkinstall. This branch of the family remained in the west midlands. Edward worked for the Birmingham mint of Heaton & Sons. Then, having supervised the construction of the first modern mint in China, at Canton (Guangzhou), during 1887–8, stayed on as head of the operative department. [see Attwood (2004)]
Descriptions of Practice
Listed as medallist Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VI, 1916 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Apprenticed to Ralph Heaton of the Birmingham Mint. Sent to supervise the erection of a Mint for the Burmese Government in 1864, then for the Republic of Columbia and finally for the Chineese Government. See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), pp. 585-586.
Sources
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Philip Attwood, ‘Wyon family (per. c.1760–1962)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/64499, accessed 5 Feb 2010]
Citing this record
'Edward Wyon', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1240234799, accessed 09 Jun 2023]
