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20th-century British artist notable for designing one of the most recognizable peace symbols

Gerald Herbert Holtom (20 January – 18 September ^[1][2][3][4]) was an English artist and designer.

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A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, in he designed the Nuclear Disarmament (ND) logo, which was adopted the same year by the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and later became an international peace symbol.^[5][6]

ND symbol

Educated at Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk, Holtom was a graduate of the Royal College of Art in London.

He had been a conscientious objector during World War II.^[1] In , he was working for the Ministry of Education.^[7]

On 21 February he designed the nuclear disarmament logo for the first Aldermaston March, organised by the Direct Action Committee against Nuclear War (DAC) in Easter (4–7 April).

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