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1805 - Born in Woodstock, Vermont, on the 29th of June.
1819 - His father removed to Ohio, about six miles from Cincinnati, where the son attended school for about a year, staying meanwhile with his brother, a lawyer in Cincinnati.
1826 - He began to frequent the studio of Frederick Eckstein, and at once conceived a strong passion for the art of sculpture.
1834 - After studying thoroughly the art of modelling and casting, at the end, he went to Washington DC, where his remarkable gifts soon awakened general attention.
1837 - He settled in Florence.
1839 - His statue of Eve excited the warm admiration of Bertel Thorvaldsen,
1843 - He produced his celebrated statue The Greek Slave, which at once gave him a place among the leading sculptors of his time.
1873 - Died on the the 27th of June, and is buried as were three of his children, in the 'English' Cemetery, Florence.
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