A painter, sketcher, photographer and Anglican Bishop. Being consecrated the first bishop of Tasmania, Nixon used his sketches and paintings as a way to document his time spent in Tasmania.
Anglican bishop (ANZSIC code: 9540) (Anglican bishop Ordained and appointed chaplain to the British Embassy at Naples. 1836 - Parish of Sandgate. 1838 - the living of Ash, near Wingham, Kent. one of the 'six preachers' of Canterbury Cathedral and chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 1842 - in Westminster Abbey, he was consecrated first bishop of Tasmania. Resigned his bishopric in 1863 and was given the living of Bolton Percy, Yorkshire.)
Birth date
1 August 1803
Birth place
Foots Cray, Kent, England, UK
Death date
7 April 1879
Death place
Lake Maggiore, Italy, Vignolo, Lake Maggiore, Italy
Burial place
British Cemetery, Stresa, Italy
Death note
Vignolo,near Stresa.
Active Period
c.1823 - c.1860
Arrival
18 July 1843 (To Van Diemen's Land via Cape Town on board 'Duke of Roxburgh'.)
Residence
1866 - 7 April 1879 Lake Maggiore, Italy, Vignolo, Lake Maggiore, Italy (Near Stresa. )
c.1862- England, UK
1846 - 1848 England, UK
1843 - 1846 Van Diemen's Land (Tas.)
1836 - 1843 England, UK
Training
St John's College, Oxford, UK
Merchant Taylors' School, London, England, UK
Languages
English
Initial Record Data Source
The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870
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Anglican bishop (ANZSIC code: 9540) (Anglican bishop Ordained and appointed chaplain to the British Embassy at Naples. 1836 - Parish of Sandgate. 1838 - the living of Ash, near Wingham, Kent. one of the 'six preachers' of Canterbury Cathedral and chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 1842 - in Westminster Abbey, he was consecrated first bishop of Tasmania. Resigned his bishopric in 1863 and was given the living of Bolton Percy, Yorkshire.)
Anglican bishop (Anglican bishop Ordained and appointed chaplain to the British Embassy at Naples. 1836 - Parish of Sandgate. 1838 - the living of Ash, near Wingham, Kent. one of the 'six preachers' of Canterbury Cathedral and chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 1842 - in Westminster Abbey, he was consecrated first bishop of Tasmania. Resigned his bishopric in 1863 and was given the living of Bolton Percy, Yorkshire.)