William Austin Horn

South Australian businessman and politician (1841-1922) Date Of Birth : 1841-02-26T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1922-12-23T00:00:00Z

William Austin Horn (1841–1922) was an Australian mining magnate, pastoralist, politician, author, sculptor and philanthropist. Somewhat eccentric, in 1892 he was the donor of a copy of Antonio Canova’s Venus, Adelaide’s then controversial first public statue, which is still on display on North Terrace, Adelaide. Horn also built Wairoa, Aldgate, known for its magnificent gardens and captured in a watercolour by William Tibbits.

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  • Other Names :William Austin Horn,William Horn,ويليام هورن,উইলিয়াম হর্ন
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  • Country : Australia, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland
  • Born on 23 December