Sculptor and teacher, born in Cornwall, but moved to Birmingham in mid-1890s. Bloye studied at Birmingham School of Art, 1904–9, gaining the William Kenrick Scholarship for 1905–6; from 1910 until World War I began Bloye studied sculpture at Royal Academy Schools. After a couple of years teaching modelling part-time in Birmingham art schools, in 1919 Bloye joined Birmingham School of Art, where he became head of sculpture until his retirement in 1956. Early in 1920s Bloye studied for short periods with Eric Gill, which had a lasting impression on his work. By the mid-1920s Bloye had a busy studio of his own in Birmingham, employing assistants trained by him at the School of Art. He carried out a large amount of civic sculpture in Birmingham and carved the Dudley, Worcestershire, war memorial and reliefs on its town hall buildings.