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Charles Summers was Margaret Thomas's mentor during her early career in Australia and the Royal Academy. Charles Summers was born in 1827 in the village of Charlton near Illchester, Somerset. He worked for his father, who was a stonemason, from a very young age. Here he learnt his craft and at age 19 he was asked by Henry Weekes to come to London to be his apprentice in his studio. Summers returned to Somerset after about a year, having learnt a great deal from Weekes, and was commissioned to produce busts of the Mayor of Bristol and Mr Moody, MP for Somerset. He was admitted to the Royal Academy in 1850 and in 1851 was awarded the silver medal for Best model from life and the gold medal for Best group of historical scultpure. He then opened his own studio in Pimlico but could not work at full capacity due to ill health.