1898
Born at Castleford, Yorkshire, on 30th July
1902-1910
Attends elementary school in Castleford
1917
Enlists in the Civil Service Rifles
1919
Registers at the Sculpture department of Leeds College of Art as their first student.
1921
Wins scholarship for the Royal College of Art, London
1924
Instructor at the RCA Sculpture School
1928
First solo exhibition at the Warren Gallery in London
1929
Marriage to Irina Radetsky
1930
Exhibits in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
1932
Becomes first head of sculpture at Chelsea School of Art
1943
First solo exhibition abroad, at Buchholz Gallery, New York
1945
Awarded Honorary Doctor of Literature, University of Leeds
1948
Appointed member of the Royal Fine Arts Commission (1948-71)
1950
First open space large scale sculpture „Family Group“ in Stevenage
1951
First retrospective at the Tate Gallery
1955
Appointed Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour
1963
Awared Order of Merit
1964
Appointed member of the Arts Council of Great Britain
1967
Received Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Art, London
1971
Elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
1972
Retrospective exhibition at Forte di Belvedere, Florence
1974
Henry Moore Sculpture Centre opened at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1977
Inauguration of the Henry Moore Foundation at Much Hadham
1977
Attends documenta 6 in Kassel
1983
Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1986
Dies on 31st August in Perry Green, Hertfordshire