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Alan Best (sculptor)

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Alan Best (1910–2001) was a Canadian sculptor and natural historian. He trained at the Académie Julian in Paris, designed for Josiah Wedgwood & Sons and was assistant to British sculptor Eric Kennington. He was assistant zoo curator[1][self-published source][dubious – discuss] under Julian Huxley at Regent's Park Zoo, London and curator of Stanley Park Zoo, Vancouver. He is the uncle of Canadian filmmaker Alan Best.

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  1. ^ "21 March 1938, BBC Television". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Artists And Their Work – Animal Sitters. John Skeaping will show how he conducts his art classes at the Zoo. In the studio there will-also be Alan Best, Assistant Curator at the Zoo, several students, and a cheetah


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