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Who was He? Painter and Foundation Member and First President of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Date and Place of Birth: 16th July 1723, Plympton, Devon, England. Family Background: Seventh child of the Reverend Samuel Reynolds, Master of Plympton Grammar School and his wife Theophila. Education: Plympton Grammar School. 1740 went to London to be apprenticed to Thomas Hudson, the son-in-law and a pupil of Richardson. Chronology: 1769: Received his Knighthood from King George 111. Marriage: Never married. Places of Interest: LONDON: The Royal Academy of Arts. (There is a staute of him outside as he was the RA's first President). Date and Place of Death: 23rd February 1792, London, England. Age at Death: 68. Site of Grave: St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.