John Platt (sculptor)
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John Platt (9 March 1728 – 1810) was an 18th-century English sculptor and architect.
He was born at Thrybergh near Rotherham on 9 March 1728 the son of George Platt (1700–1743) and nephew of a local architect. In the late 18th century he took over the stone-yard and marble-works of Henry Watson in Ashford, Derbyshire.[1]
He died in Halifax and was buried in Rotherham parish churchyard. The stone was removed in 1950.[1]
