Richard Kindersley

Richard James Kindersley (14 May 1939 – 27 November 2025) was a British typeface designer, stone letter carver and sculptor.

Life and career Kindersley was born in London. He studied lettering and sculpture at Cambridge School of Art and in the workshop of his father David Kindersley, who was also a noted stone carver. Unveiled in April 1980, it depicts the seven ages from Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" monologue.

Kindersley contributed sculpting and lettering to a number of memorials, including the British Normandy Memorial, the Dunblane massacre memorial in Dunblane Cathedral, and a memorial at St Paul's Cathedral to Londoners killed by World War II bombing.

He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and in 2001 became an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

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