Editing Thomas Woolner (section)

{{Short description|English sculptor and poet (1825–1892)}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name          = Thomas Woolner
| image         = woolner-rossetti.jpg
| caption       = ''Thomas Woolner'' by [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]], 1852
| birth_name    = Thomas Woolner
| birth_date    = {{birth date|df=yes|1825|12|17}}
| birth_place   = [[Hadleigh, Suffolk|Hadleigh]], Suffolk, England
| death_date    = {{death date and age|df=yes|1892|10|7|1825|12|17}}
| death_place   = London, England
| known_for     = Sculpture, illustration, and poetry
| training      = Apprentice to [[William Behnes]]
| movement      = [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood]]
| notable_works = ''Civilization'', ''Virgilia''
| patrons       =
| awards        = 
| spouse        = Alice Gertrude Waugh (m. 1864)
| children      = 6
| family        = [[Diana Holman-Hunt]] (great-niece)
}}

'''Thomas Woolner''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Member of the Royal Academy|RA]]}} (17 December 1825 – 7 October 1892) was an English sculptor and poet who was one of the founder-members of the [[Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood]]. He was the only sculptor among the original members.

After participating in the foundation of the PRB, Woolner emigrated for a period to Australia. He returned to Britain to have a successful career as a sculptor, creating many important public works as well as memorials, tomb sculptures and narrative reliefs. He corresponded with many notable men of the day and also had some success as a poet and as an art dealer. One of his notable portrait medallions is that of the poet [[William Wordsworth]] in [[St Oswald's Church, Grasmere]]; Wordsworth is buried in the adjoining graveyard.