Herbert Maryon

Herbert Maryon
With his reconstruction of the Sutton Hoo helmet, ca. 1951. The image to Maryon's left depicts the helmet from Vendel 14; that on his right shows plate 1 from Greta Arwidsson's () 1942 work on Valsgärde 6, and depicts the helmet from said grave.
Born	(1874-03-09)9 March 1874 London, United Kingdom
Died	14 July 1965(1965-07-14) (aged 91) Edinburgh
Nationality	English
Occupation	Sculptor, metalsmith, conservator-restorer
Relatives	John, Edith, George, Mildred, Violet (siblings)
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Herbert James Maryon, OBE, FSA, FIIC (9 March 1874 – 14 July 1965) was a British sculptor, goldsmith, and authority on ancient metalwork. He served as director of the Keswick School of Industrial Art, a teacher of sculpture at Reading University, and Master of Sculpture at Durham University. From 1944 to 1962 he was a Technical Attaché at the British Museum, where his conservation work on the Sutton Hoo ship burial led to his appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

Herbert Maryon was the third of six surviving children born to John Simeon Maryon and Louisa Maryon (née Church). He had both an older brother, John Ernest, and an older sister, Louisa Edith, the latter of whom preceded him in his vocation as a sculptor. One brother and three sisters would follow—in order, George Christian, Flora Mabel, Mildred Jessie, and Violet Mary—although Flora Maryon, born in 1878, would die in her second year. After receiving his general education at The Lower School of John Lyon, Herbert Maryon studied from 1896 to 1900 at the Polytechnic (probably Regent Street), The Slade, Saint Martin's School of Art, and, under the tutelage of Alexander Fisher, the Central School of Arts and Crafts.

A daughter, Kathleen Rotha Maryon, was born to his first wife Annie Elizabeth Maryon (née Stones), to whom he was married from July 1903 until her death on 8 February 1908. A second Marriage, to Muriel Dore Wood in September 1920, led to the births of son John and daughter Margaret. Herbert Maryon lived for the majority of his life in London, before dying in his 92nd year at a nursing home in Edinburgh.