Alfred Hackney A.R.E., R.W.S. was born in Stainforth, Yorkshire. He attended Burslem School of Art before going on to Edinburgh College of Art. Taught at Willesden School of Art and was senior lecturer at Medway College of Art, Rochester. Exhibited with the London Group and at the Society of Scottish Artists and at the R.A. Elected Associate R.E. 1951, He died in Colbham, Kent in 1994.