Gaskell, George Percival

First name(s)

George Percival

Surname

Gaskell

Position(s) held at King's College London

• Lecturer on Art (1898-1889)

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended ^Ref: *4

Royal College of Art, Paris and Italy (no dates found)

Position(s) held (non King's College London)

• Assistant Master, Ilkley School of Art (1886-1888)
• Headmaster, North West London School of Art (1891-1895)
• Headmaster, Polytechnic School of Art, Regent Street (1896-1930)
• Staff Lecturer, University Extension Board of the University of London

Professional activities ^Ref: *5

• Member of the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA)
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers

Personal details

Date of birth

1st January 1868

Place of birth ^Ref: *2

Saltaire, Yorkshire

Date of death ^Ref: *3

24th July 1934

Place of death

20 Devonshire Place, Marylebone, London

Family details ^Ref: *6

Son of John Gaskell, born 3rd December 1833 in Margate, and Mary Berridge; siblings: John Berridge Gaskell born 3rd April 1866, Elizabeth Lucy born 4th January 1870, and Hilda Mary born 13rd June 1876; married Edith Eliza Maxton on 7th March 1891

Notes

The Polytechnic School of Art (later the Regent Street Polytechnic) was described as: "the largest educational institution in the country, the greatest social club for young men and young women, and also one of the most important non-denominational religious agencies in London.

Gaskell was elected an Associate [of the RSP-EE]on 12th November 1908 and elected a Fellow on 8th February 1911. His diploma work (held at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford) is called "The Castle of Neuschuranstein, Bavaria.