Early Life, Family and Training Harry Linley Richardson was born on 19 October 1878 in Peckham Rye, Surrey, England. He entered a household already acquainted with the visual arts, born to George Richardson, an artist, and Mary Linley. His early education took place at Alleyn's College of God's Gift in Dulwich, providing a foundation before his formal technical training began in London. This lineage and early schooling set the stage f…