Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Brock, Thomas
BROCK, Thos., A.R.A., sculptor, was born in 1847, at Worcester, where his father was a decorator. He was educated first at the Government School of Design in that city, then came to London and studied at the Royal Academy, where he obtained both silver and gold Medals. He became a pupil and afterwards an assistant of the late J. H. Foley, the sculptor. After Mr. Foley's death he completed the numerous works left unfinished by him, the chief of these being the O'Connell Monument in Dublin. Among Mr. Brock's ideal works may be mentioned "Salmacis," "Hercules Strangling Antæus," statuettes of Paris and Œnone, and a large equestrian group, "A Moment of Peril," purchased for the nation by the Royal Academy. Among portrait statues may be named Richard Baxter, Robert Raikes, and Sir Rowland Hill. Mr. Brock is now engaged on statues of Sir Richard Temple, Sir Erasmus Wilson, and the poet Longfellow (the latter for the Westminster Abbey Memorial). He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy Jan. 16, 1883.