| Birth Name: | John David Hayward |
| Birth Date: | 1929 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Tooting, Surrey, UK |
| Death Place: | Dorset, UK |
| Nationality: | British |
| Field: | Ecclesiastical artist, especially stained glass |
| Training: | Ernest Bevin Academy (then Bec Grammar School) St Martin’s School of Art |
| Spouse: | Ros Brown (m. 1952) |
| Children: | Catherine Harris (Jeweller & painter), Cecilia Hayward |
| Family: | GrandChildren: Austin Harris, Henry Harris, Jack Hayward, Joseph Hayward |
John David Hayward (1929 - 2007) was a British stained glass artist who made nearly 200 windows in churches and cathedrals across Britain and abroad.[1]
Hayward was born in Tooting, London into a Methodist family.[2] His father, David Hayward, was a printer and church organist. He was educated at Tooting Bec Grammar School (now Ernest Bevin Academy) and developed a talent for painting and drawing. After school, he enrolled at St Martin's School of Art.[3]
After leaving St. Martin's, Hayward received an offer from Royal College of Art, but he instead joined Faith Craft, a company that designed ecclesiastical furniture. He remained there for 18 years before setting up his own practice as a stained glass artist. His first major commission was a set of ruined windows of the Christopher Wren church, St Mary-le-Bow, which had been damaged in the Second World War.