Person
Simpkinson de Wesselow, Francis Guillemard (1819 - 1906)
- Born
- 26 May 1819
London, England - Died
- 4 December 1906
London, England - Occupation
- Artist and Naval Officer
Summary
Francis Simpkinson de Wesselow arrived in September 1844 at Hobart Town to work under J. H. Kay at the Rossbank Observatory. He left Hobart in 1849. He was an accomplished artist, some of his work now being in the Royal Society of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Galery.
Details
Chronology
- 1844 - 1849
- Career position - Observer, Rossbank Observatory, Hobart
Related entries
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Thomas James Lempriere - Records, 1834 - 1849, A3343; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Royal Society of Tasmania
- Francis Guillemard Simpkinson de Wesselow - Records, 1832 - 1845; Royal Society of Tasmania. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Hodgman, V. W., 'Simpkinson de Wesselow, Francis Guillemard (1819-1906), naval officer and artist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 446-447. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/simpkinson-de-wesselow-francis-guillemard-2664. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537654. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/78619381. Details
- 'Simpkinson De Wesselow, Francis Guillemard (1819-1906)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-527173. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 5 April 2022
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