Who was Hew Lorrimer?
Lorrimer was born in Edinburgh, the second son of architect Sir Robert Lorimer. He was educated at Loretto School in Musselburgh, then at Magdalen College, Oxford University. He subsequently left Oxford to study design and sculpture under Alexander Carrick at the Edinburgh College of Art.
Life and work
Hew Lorrimer built a seat in the terraced garden of the Hill of Tarvit, Fife.
Between 1950 and 1955 he also sculpted the artwork adorning the façade of the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh. He produced a series of tall, allegorical figures, depicting history, law, medicine, music, poetry, science and theology.
He was awarded an OBE in 1986 for services to architecture and conservation.