Dora de Pedery-Hunt

Dora de Pédery
Born(1913-11-16)November 16, 1913
Budapest, Hungary
DiedSeptember 29, 2008(2008-09-29) (aged 94)
Toronto, Ontario
EducationHungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, until 1943
SpouseVela Hunt
AwardsMember in 1966, Royal Canadian Academy; Canada Council grant (1958); Centennial Medal (1967); Honorary LL.D., York University (1983)

Dora de Pédery-Hunt, OC OOnt RCA LL.D. (16 November 1913 – 29 September 2008) was a Hungarian-Canadian sculptor who designed over 600 medals and coins. She was the first Canadian citizen to sculpt the image of Queen Elizabeth II that appeared on Canadian coins between 1990 and 2003.

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