Person
Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward (1788 - 1859)
- Born
- 20 October 1788
Southwark, Surrey, England - Died
- 10 October 1859
- Occupation
- Linguist, Minister of religion and Missionary
Summary
Lancelot Threlkeld was a missionary at Belmont, Lake Macquarie from 1825-1828 and at Toronto, on the other side of Lake Macquarie from 1831-1841. He was a minister of the South Head Congregational Church in Sydney and also conducted a day school from 1842-1845, when he became chaplain of seamen for the Sydney Bethel Union. He was involved in securing the independence of the Leeward Islands. His principal publication was "An Australian Grammar .... of the Language, as Spoken by the Aborigines ... of Hunter's River", 1834. Prior to coming to Australia Threlkeld worked in the UK as a trade apprentice; as an actor with the Royal Circus and Royalty Theatre and in business.
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Chronology
- 1814
- Education - Candidate with the London Missionary Society
- 1815
- Education - Ordained into the London Missionary Society
- 1816
- Life event - Left for the South Seas in the Atlas
- 1817
- Life event - Sailed to Sydney and to Moorea, Society Islands on the Harriet
- 1825 - 1828
- Career position - Missionary at Belmont, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
- 1831 - 1841
- Career position - Missionary at Toronto, New South Wales
- 1842 - 1845
- Career position - Minister of the South Head Congregational Church in Sydney and conducted a day school
- 1845 -
- Career position - Sydney Bethel Union
- 1851 -
- Career position - Member of the Ethnological Society, London
Published resources
Book Sections
- Gunson, Niel, 'Threlkeld, Lancelot Edward (1788-1859)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 528-530. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020481b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6483613. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/9462470. Details
- 'Threlkeld, L E (1788-1859)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-535245. Details
See also
- Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 7 April 2022