Sir William Boxall 1800 - 1879
- occupation:
- Artist,
- Museum director,
- Portrait painter
- Nationality:
- English; British
- born in:
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1851- elected an associate of the Royal Academy. 1866 - appointed director of the National Gallery. 1868 - elected an honorary academician of the Academy of San Fernando, Madrid. 1870 - received the degree of DCL from Oxford University. 1871 - knighted.